Madness And Insanity In The Fall Of The House Of Usher And The Cask Of Amontillado Fear is a basic element of human emotion that is caused by the expectation or realization of danger. The existence of fear is essential for establishing the beliefs and the actions taken throughout one’s life. The two main characters in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Cask of Amontillado” each demonstrate a behavior can leads to madness and insanity. One theme revealed in Poe's story "The Fall of the House of Usher”, is mans way of wallowing in sorrow, causing self-pity and self-inflicted stress which most often leads to mental break down. The main character in the "The Fall of the House of Usher", Roderick Usher, yearns to free himself from his own mortality. Every aspect of h....

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