Usher family
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The Usher family is the doomed, aristocratic lineage at the center of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic tale “The Fall of the House of Usher,” known for its decay, madness, and mysterious curse.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional family ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Fall of the House of Usher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
gothic fiction
ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWith | House of Usher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyLinkedTo | the physical structure of the House of Usher ⓘ |
| createdBy | Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1839 ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFate |
doom
ⓘ
extinction ⓘ |
| hasLastHeir |
Madeline Usher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roderick Usher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Madeline Usher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roderick Usher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotiveTheme |
entrapment
ⓘ
family curse ⓘ fear of burial alive ⓘ hereditary disease ⓘ |
| hasResidence | House of Usher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
aristocratic lineage
ⓘ
hypersensitivity ⓘ isolation ⓘ |
| influenced |
adaptations in film and television based on The Fall of the House of Usher
ⓘ
later gothic literature depictions of cursed families ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| literarySubgenre | American Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional context) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
decadence
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inbreeding ⓘ madness ⓘ mental illness ⓘ mysterious curse ⓘ physical decay ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | unspecified past era ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
degeneration of an aristocratic line
ⓘ
psychological decay ⓘ the collapse of a family and its house ⓘ |
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