the Narrator
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The Narrator is the central observing voice in the opera adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” through whose perspective the eerie decline of the Usher family is revealed.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Narrator (opera adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher) | 0 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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narrator ⓘ |
| associatedWith | House of Usher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacterFrom | short story The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centrality |
central character
ⓘ
primary point-of-view character ⓘ |
| describes |
decay of the Usher mansion
ⓘ
mysterious illness of Madeline Usher ⓘ psychological deterioration of Roderick Usher ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
frame the audience’s understanding of events
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mediate between audience and Usher family ⓘ |
| function | central observing voice ⓘ |
| genreContext | gothic horror opera ⓘ |
| linkedTheme |
decay
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isolation ⓘ madness ⓘ unreliable perception ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person perspective ⓘ |
| observes |
Madeline Usher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roderick Usher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perspectiveOnEvents | outsider visiting the Usher family ⓘ |
| reveals | eerie decline of the Usher family ⓘ |
| roleIn | opera adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ |
| roleType |
storyteller
ⓘ
witness to supernatural events ⓘ |
| settingExperienced | Usher family mansion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | gothic short story ⓘ |
| tone |
eerie
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gothic ⓘ |
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