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    An Eriksonian analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s the fall of the house of Usher and Edogawa Rampo’s the human chair
    (UMT, Lahore, 2021) Amna Nadeem
    The intertwining of horror, mystery, and suspense have a macabre impact on human emotions. As a human being every human can feel the presence of fear in body and mind. Stories, novels and audio/visual content which contain fear, suspense and mystery can cause a serious psychological issue. The main focus of the research is to highlight the impact of horror and mystery on humans and the gothic and macabre elements on human consciousness. Sometimes reading or watching horror content can cause serious damage to the mind. By examining Poe and Ranpo’s short stories with the help of Erikson’s Psychosocial theory the research will reveal the results of gothic fiction on the human mind and also disclose how to overcome. The research will also analyze the characters in both of the short stories that how they suffer in the story and what was their main focus