numerous literary masterpieces including suspenseful, gruesome, and gothic-like short-stories. Two of his prominent gothic tales, "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Tell-Tale Heart," put forth his prevailing notion that the power of a person's mind is far more prevalent than any type of physical power. In these two short stories, Poe demonstrates how a person, especially one who suffers a severe mental condition, sometimes may cause harm to those whom he loves and needs in his life. Fear and paranoia oftentimes will drive the person into committing a deadly sin or evil, which most likely would result in his own fatal destruction. Roderick Usher, a hypochondriac in "The Fall of the House of Usher," suffered severely after he buried his beloved sister, his only remaining relative, while she was still alive...