The Fall of the House of Usher TV Series

Netflix has released its own version of Poe’s famous Fall of the House of Usher in which gothic becomes horror in a modern-world setting with a whirlwind of characters and action. This is a perfect occasion for LLCER students to not only work on the short story itself but also compare it to the mini-series and thus work on link words.

Vocabulary and structures

• hypotheses: maybe / perhaps / modal + have V-en
• dark setting / tension: graveyard, dark, tension, threat, loom
• lexical field of affluence: rich, well-off, wealthy, affluent, upper-class, luxury…
• human relationships: avenge, retaliate, laugh at, get on well…
• comparing and contrasting: contrary to, whereas, on the contrary…
• explaining / analysing: to herald, embody, be reminiscent of...

Pronunciation

• blood / bloody / Usher
• pharmaceutical

If you are having your pupils study the Poe original, don’t miss our Reading Guide.

The Fall of the House of Usher
Netflix