This article contains spoilers for NetflixsThe Fall of the House of Usher.
Fittingly, pretty much every character on the show is named after an Edgar Allan Poe creation.
Carla Guginos Verna is unquestionably the big bad ofThe Fall of the House of Usher.
Indeed, Verna is even an anagram for Raven.
Sometimes, the most obvious things are the hardest to catch.
Yes, shes a metaphorical and literal raven, but shes also much more.
Verna is clearly a supernatural being.
Verna also likes to make Faustian bargains with very bad people.
Verna as a literal demonic figure works quite well inThe Fall of the House of Usher.
Roderick and Madelines agreement with Verna raises some fascinating questions as to what they even really accomplished.
They dont call it a deal with the devil because you made an actual equitable deal with the devil.
So why even bother with Verna as a raven inThe Fall of the House of Usher?
For one, no story thats seeking to capture all of the Poe experience can leave The Raven out.
Its unquestionably his most well-known work and one of the best poems in American literary history.
If youve never read The Raven,like rectify that.
What isThe Fall of the House of Usherif not one demons dream?
All eight episodes ofThe Fall of the House of Usherare available to stream on Netflix now.
