Question

What word best describes the tone of this excerpt from "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe?

Answer 1

The words that best describe the tone of "The Fall of the House of Usher"  are   overwrought and oppressive.  The story focus on the mental and physical illness, and the impact of illness on the people who are close to sick person.  The main factor of story is horror and fear.

Answer 2

Best word to describe the tone of " The fall of the house of usher "  is  Sadness and Sorrow. In this describing a person cut off from the world can fall prey to irrational fears and mental illness. he showing the narrator's fear of the tarn. The physical collapse of the Usher mansion at the end of the story and the extinction of the Usher family with the demise of Roderick.