The location was comparable in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" and Julio Cortazar's "House Taken Over," because they both took place in a scary house. In Poe's story, though, the backdrop is a frightening, almost abandoned home. Cortazar's setting, on the other hand, takes place in a large, spotless house. Gothic literature is a type of literature that is set in the past, usually with a character who dies and a scary tone. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe is a good example of Gothic literature since it depicts a guy visiting an old friend and seeing the deaths of his companion and his twin sister.
Because Iirene and her brother hear odd noises and are terrified by them, they leave portions of the home and never return until they have fully left the house in Julio Cortazar's " House Taken Over." “We didn't stop to look around; I grabbed Iirene's arm and forced her to run with me,” says the narrator. This scenario illustrates how Irene and her brother heard weird noises and assumed the worst, fleeing from something unexpected. As a result, “The House Taken Over” is an example of Magical Realism since it features an unnatural power that exists on Earth and interacts with ordinary individuals like Irene and her brother.
Throughout both short stories, “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “House Taken Over” readers are exposed to situations in which imagination overcomes reason in some characters. In the short story, “The Fall of The House of Usher” written by Edgar Allan Poe imagination overcomes reason with both the narrator and the main character. Roderick Usher and the narrator believe they are hearing the noises in the house that are being described in a novel they are reading. In addition, Usher’s imagination overcomes his reason when he believes he hears noises of his dead sister Madeline. Similarly, in the short story “House Taken Over” written by Julio Cortazar it exemplifies the idea of imagination overcoming reasoning. This is showed when a brother and a sister are driven from their home when it's invaded by unwelcomed visitors. The siblings believe there is an evil force taking over their house. LIkewise, in the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe the idea of imagination overcoming reasoning is shown when the author believes that there is an evil force that keeps reminding him of something he is trying to forget ; Lenore. Aso his imagination takes over his reasoning since he is talking with a raven, even though birds do not talk. In both the short stories and the poem the idea of imagination overcoming reasoning is portrayed throughout the characters. To begin with, imagination overcomes reasoning in the characters of the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher”. While in the middle of the storm the narrator seems to be hearing strange noises that have nothing to do with the storm. For example, “An irrepressible tremor gradually pervaded my frame; and at length, there sat upon my very heart an incubus of utterly causeless alarm. Shaking this off with a gasp and a struggle, I uplifted myself upon the pillows” (paragraph 31, pg 25). This shows readers that the narrator of the story is hearing noises, and it could be said that Usher’s condition is rubbing off on him. The narrator is unable to sleep at this point in the story because of Usher’s incurable fears that have now taken influence on the narrator because he believes he is hearing things.
