rAlnPoeisawell－knownAmeripoet，andcritic.DeathhasbeenansignifitthemeofPoe’sworks.Facedwithdeath，Poeinspirespeoplewithhisthinkingofphilosopher.

ThisthesisstudiesTheFalloftheHouseofUsher，ashortstoryofPoeandanalyzestheaestheticfeaturesofdeathinthisfi.Thisthesisisdividedintofourparts.ThefirstpartgivesabriefintrodutoTheFalloftheHouseofUsher.ThesedpartexpoundstheaestheticfeaturesofdeathofPoe.Thethirdpartexploresthebackgroundsoftheaestheticfeaturesofdeath.ThefourthpartsanalyzestheembodimentoftheaestheticfeaturesofdeathinTheFalloftheHouseofUsher.

TheauthorfinallydrawsaclusionthatthedeathinTheFalloftheHouseofUsherhasthreemajoraestheticfeatures:prematureburial，therevivafterdeathandhorribleanduh.Theseaestheticfeaturesareillustratedbythedepiofthedarksetting，theshapingofoddcharacters，theuseofsymbolismandthecreationofsuspehroughanalyzihthemeinPoe，sworks，thisthesishopestodigouttheaestheticvaluesoastohelpreadersgetdeeperuandingandinspiratioh.

Keywords:TheFalloftheHouseofUsher；Death；AestheticFeatures

EdgarAlnPoeisawell－knownAmeripoet，andcritic.DeathhasbeenansignifitthemeofPoe’sworks.Facedwithdeath，Poeinspirespeoplewithhisthinkingofphilosopher.

ThisthesisstudiesTheFalloftheHouseofUsher，ashortstoryofPoeandanalyzestheaestheticfeaturesofdeathinthisfi.Thisthesisisdividedintofourparts.ThefirstpartgivesabriefintrodutoTheFalloftheHouseofUsher.ThesedpartexpoundstheaestheticfeaturesofdeathofPoe.Thethirdpartexploresthebackgroundsoftheaestheticfeaturesofdeath.ThefourthpartsanalyzestheembodimentoftheaestheticfeaturesofdeathinTheFalloftheHouseofUsher.

TheauthorfinallydrawsaclusionthatthedeathinTheFalloftheHouseofUsherhasthreemajoraestheticfeatures:prematureburial，therevivafterdeathandhorribleanduh.Theseaestheticfeaturesareillustratedbythedepiofthedarksetting，theshapingofoddcharacters，theuseofsymbolismandthecreationofsuspehroughanalyzihthemeinPoe，sworks，thisthesishopestodigouttheaestheticvaluesoastohelpreadersgetdeeperuandingandinspiratioh.