TFOTHOU 5 gr A

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The Theme of the Double

In The Fall of the House of Usher, the narrator insists on the physical ressemblance of Lady Madeline and her brother Roderick. They both have a classical beauty, and are week and feeble. They're twins. They're both sick. They're both likely to die soon. They both have some sort of a link with the House.

Poe had already explored the theme of the (evil) double in another short story entitled William Wilson, where a doppleganger (evil double) replaces the main character and takes over his life. French psyhciatrist Capgras later found that some people thought that their family had been replaced by doubles.

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