Netflix《The Fall of the House of Usher》Introduction to the original novel

In The Fall of the House of Usher, the storyline has ups and downs, and each character has his or her own unique personality. Not only that, the actors' outstanding acting skills are also a highlight, and the audience can't help but resonate with it.Today we will talk about Netflix-The Fall of the House of Usher-an introduction to the original novel.

Netflix《The Fall of the House of Usher》the original novel is one of the classic short stories by the pioneering American romantic writer Edgar Allan Poe.

Among the horror scenes that Edgar Allan Poe handled and created, country houses are a relatively common setting.But in this work, Poe seemed to focus more on the dignified and depressing natural scenery around the mansion and the depressing and decadent atmosphere that I“ felt before entering the House of Usher.:

”The lonely house, the terrain around the house, the desolate walls, the empty windows, a few clumps of sedges with leafy stems and leaves, and a few dead trees with pale branches“”The extreme depression in my heart is really difficult to understand in this world.To compare it with common sense, perhaps it can only be compared to the feeling of an opium addict after waking up: the pain of falling back into real life, the fear of lifting the veil again.I felt a sense of coldness, exhaustion, heart palpitations, an inescapable melancholy, and a desolation that no imagination could idealize.“

In the scenery around the House of Usher, ”I“ already felt a certain kind of confusion and depression. This emotion became more obvious after ”I“ entered the mansion and had a conversation with Usher.Here, the emotions generated under the influence of nature are the precursor. ”I“ believe that this kind of power from nature is beyond the scope of human thinking logic and understandability, but at the same time, nature can influence people to a considerable extent.The human soul, this point emerges again in Usher's sensitivity and fragility later in the text.

Usher's house is also filled with a kind of awe-inspiring, heavy, and irresistible gloom. In such an environment, Usher is in a highly sensitive and even morbid mood.We can start from several details to analyze Usher's psychology and the implications revealed in it.

”As he detailed those feelings, some of them intrigued and confused me, although perhaps it was the words he used and the way he said them that played a role.He was tortured by a sickly keen sense. He could only eat the blandest meals and wear clothes of a certain texture. He was suffocated by the fragrance of all flowers, and even the slightest light made his eyes uncomfortable., and only certain special sounds and music from string instruments would not frighten him.“

——The almost sensitive senses of Usher are shown here, and this sensitivity becomes the symptom of illness.Why are sensitive sensory systems and body experiences classified as ”disease“?Under the absolute system of modernity, reason banishes sensibility or disciplines sensibility, suppressing certain physical experiences into the subconscious. When this sensitivity surfaces, it will be because it is not for this reason.The rational system accommodates and often gives the name of disease, and it is this sensitivity that often shakes the strict system of modernity with varying degrees of power.

” 'I'm going to die,' he said to me, 'and I'm going to die of pathetic stupidity.Just die like that, there will be no other way to die.I am afraid of what is about to happen, not because of the thing itself, but because of its consequences.I tremble all over at the thought of anything, even the smallest thing, that could affect my fragile and sensitive soul.Actually I don't hate danger, except in its absolute influence, in its terror.In this uneasy state of mind, in this pitiable situation, I felt that the time would come sooner or later when I would lose my life and my reason in the struggle against this terrible illusion of fear.’“

——The threat of death and the uneasiness deep in the soul hint at the great fear that people will inevitably endure after their faith disappears or collapses. Death becomes nothingness instead of eternity ascending to heaven. In the face of such an end of nothingness, people must reflect on life and question it.meaning.

”Because of the absolute simplicity and the nakedness of his ideas, his paintings make people want to see them but also fear them.If anyone ever drew thoughts, it was Roderick Usher.“

——Completely naked personal expression is frightening. So where does this fear come from?”I%are afraid to face Usher’s fully revealed thoughts and at the same time cannot bear the desire to get a closer look. This just shows that on the one hand, the completely open self and the undisguised personal emotions are somehow alien to the modern system.The existence of sex has a certain ability to shake common sense, so it naturally carries fear. As mentioned earlier: all human emotions are based on fear.At the same time, such heterogeneous existence has a huge attraction for “I”, which shows that this purely personal experience is some kind of rebellious and breakthrough force, and it has some kind of ability to summon and attract.

“ was aware of a secret in Usher's heart for the first time: he was fully aware that his lofty and lofty rationality was on the verge of collapse.”

——The performance here is particularly obvious. The reason that dominates the soul is already crumbling, and the darkness deep in the soul that is suppressed by reason will surface.

“ He was bound to some superstitious notions concerning the house in which he had lived and for many years had not dared leave without permission, to an influence which he spoke of in vague terms for me to repeat, the influence of his imagination.an influence upon his mind which was produced on his soul merely by certain features of the shape and substance of his house (from long endurance, he said), by the appearance of the gray walls and towers, and the backwater of the lake in which they were reflected.The resulting impact on his mental state.”

——Usher has been closed in a dark mansion for a long time. The darkness in the mansion and the stagnant water reflecting the appearance of the mansion have a great impact on his sensitive heart.Usher did not dare to leave his mansion without authorization, but he indirectly confirmed the appearance of the mansion in the reflection of the lake, which exacerbated his unstable mental state.From the reference and comparison of natural objects, we realize the oppression of artificial objects and intensify this sense of depression. Can we understand that the "Second Nature" created by human beings with their own rationality is ultimately just a poor imitation of the power of the Creator?, but people are complacent, and in the end they can only be trapped in the false environment they created and continue to struggle.

For Usher, part of the reason for his melancholy and sensitivity lies in his twin sister Madeleine, who has been seriously ill for a long time. As mentioned earlier, the Usher family has only one generation, and the population is thin. Usher also said that if heIf his sister dies, he will be the only one left in the Usher family.On the night when I had a brief glimpse of Madeleine, Madeleine died and was buried in the basement.When paying homage to the remains of the deceased, there is this description:

“ As with all cases of catalepsy, the disease which had killed her had left a faint blush on her breasts and face, and a faint tinge on her lips.A smile that creates doubt, lingers, and looks so scary.”

This is a kind of absurd and terrifying beauty, and there are some signs of life on the corpse. This just foreshadows the final revenge scene in which the body is covered in blood and is resurrected.At the same time, Madeleine's remains can be described as an exquisite combination of beauty and terror. In a mysterious environment, life and death are intertwined. Madeleine lies in the ambiguity of life and death, thus transforming into the House of Usher.The ghost is hiding in the darkness, waiting for an opportunity to resurrect.Throughout the whole text, Madeleine said nothing, from quietly floating in front of “I”'s eyes, to her unknown death, to her final bloody resurrection... Madeleine is actually a ghost, no matter whether she lives or dies.Ineffable, incomprehensible, but real.

And Usher's choice to bury his sister alive can be regarded as a desperate and perverted "self-rescue“", because Madeleine affected Usher's nerves and became a boulder on his overwhelmed soul.A ghost connected with his own blood, a ghost that must be completely executed... Madeleine is like the ”self“ that has been exiled and suppressed by reason. She is a part of Usher that must die and is necessary for Usher to return to reason.Through the road.When Usher buried Madeleine alive, it actually symbolized that ”superego“ finally strangled ”id“, but ”id“ cannot be killed, ”superego“ needs ”id“ in that wayTo complete the self-confirmation, and they themselves are so ”connected by blood“... Therefore, Madeleine sealed in the coffin will be so lifelike, wandering so ambiguously in the place of death.On the night of the blood moon, the ghost finally resurrected. In the sound of ”I“ reading, Madeleine's scream and struggle resounded through the night: it was literature that awakened the ghost, and it was literature that played the music of revenge. Edgar Allan PoeThe desire to use one's own words to impact the world conquered by reason emerges again.In this revenge movement, the final revenge of ”Id“ against ”Superego% murder begins.When the door opened, a bloody Madeline stood in front of Usher, and finally threw herself at Usher, and the two died together.“Superego” and “Id” finally merged into one again in a horrifying way. This terrifying reunion finally turned into the power to destroy repression. The cracks in Usher's house, which symbolizes the repressive system of modernity, became wider and wider.It collapsed suddenly, the tiles and earth merged into the stagnant water, and a blood moon filled the sky.Banished by human arrogance, nature or the world of God has calmly accepted all man-made darkness and evil.

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