The Haunted Palace

The follow Palace Everyone has seen a formerly gorgeous estate fallen into disrepair expensive satin curtains, ripped and stain high support columns, broken and crumbling moss cover version the at once brightly painted exterior. mint look at it, sigh with chagrin at what was and no longer is, and consequently instigate on. The cause of ruin is seldom known, exclusively the effects ar see. This is the cyclorama portrayed in Edgar Allen Poes The taken up(p) Palace. Poe paints a take to of an elegant manor set up with spectacular features that comes under the influence of mephistophelian and thus falls to pieces.Upon closer inspection, though, the reviewer begins to see that the meaning of the poem delves to a greater extent deeper than the death of a house it is the demise of the merciful mind that truly concerns Poe. The doubling meaning is central to the poem and once the pattern of symbolism is fall ined, the other expound fall nicely into place. Poe us es choice of words to establish the brilliance that pervades the house and symbolism within the poem equating the house to a human mind to demonstrate its energy to corruption.Poes diction emphasizes the initial majesty of the house. At first, the house is radiant (4), sublime (9), happy (17), fair (26), sparkling (28), and beautiful (31). Poe goes as far as saying that entire angels tenanted the house (2) and the home is softer and kinder than angels wear (7). Then, in the fifth stanza, the scene motleys drastically the palace is no longer violet and stately, it is inhabited by evil and is in disarray. It is now permeated by sorrow (33) and is leave (35).The sudden shift from uplifting run-in to mournful ones alerts the subscriber to the dire wobble that has taken place in the house. later on a second reading, the audience begins to line up a pattern of symbolism. Poe equates the Thoughts dominion (5), banners, (9), windows (18), door (26), and Echoes (29) to a human s head, hair, eye, oral cavity, and voice. The hair is flowing and beautiful, the eyes are understanding and see everything transparently, the m let onh has ruby gums and pearly teeth, and the voice carries in it the wit and wisdom of the mind it speaks for.It is clear that this mind has brilliant ideas (spirits) (19) eer formulating and expanding within it. The endorser is, presumably, familiar with the locoweed of a mansion that is clearly luxurious. The lector may not, however, be able to picture a clearly brilliant mind. Poes use of symbolism enables the reader to insure the brilliance and wealth of the monarchs mind prior to its destruction. Symbolism is salvage essential to the poem in the lowest stanzas, even though the scene has changed.The once magnificent mansion has been invaded by evil. The windows are now red-litten (42), meaning the eyes are red and evil. The spirits still belong through the house (the ideas still move in the mind), but now in a distorted way . Instead of Echoes (a voice) wide of wisdom, a hideous throng (47) rushes out of the door (the mouth), that will laugh but smile no more (48). The eerie mad laughter escaping the mouth of the female monarch is the most horrifying aspect of change.Where the pooves mind was once toughened and productive, constantly growing, it is now perverted and ruined. The reader can see the house paint chipped, windows broken, a manifestation of evil. This comparison allows the reader to picture the broken mind of the once great king. The mansion looked impenetrable, invulnerable. But it was provided the victim of evil. The mind was corrupted in the same manner and Poes symbolism allows for a more tangible image of the process.Poes use of symbolism and diction provide a concrete description of the minds destruction when compared to the destruction of a great estate. The drastic change in diction from words of cultivation and reverence to words of sorrow and discouragement demonstrate the magnitude of the change occurring in the house and mind. The symbolism allows the reader to more accurately envision the process and effects of the minds devastation as it can envision a house falling to pieces. Poes techniques allow the reader to solidify an abstraction in vagabond to comprehend it.