Poe

Roderick had changed so much that the narrator doubted to whom he spoke. He was very fond of Fanny Allan but her frequent sickness made her less than the ideal mother. The school may have been reproduced in some of the darkly romantic houses of Poe's later stories. He eventually married but only a short time into his marriage his wife Virginia died. The man knows what the answer will be but he can’t except the fact that his love is gone. Throughout Poe’s life weather he was searching for a mate or a mother figure any woman he ever loved was either taken from him or died. He resolved to follow the old man all night to obtain his answer of what was the man’s story. In many of Poe’s works the dead young female is named Lenore. He always searched for this place where he could feel at peace but time and time again he only found the bottom of a glass. Lady Madeline, twin sister of Roderick Usher, does not speak one word throughout the story. ”(Winwar 106) This was a promise John Allan did not keep. Edgar was also disappointed to discover that Elmira Royster, his first love was no longer available. Lady Madeline seems to accept the fact that she is insane and continues her life with that knowledge. Poe escape was not death it was alcohol.