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Fall Of The House Of Usher

This story is about a man (the narrator of the story) who is

visiting his childhood friend, that is suffering from “acuteness of the senses”.

His friend, Roderick Usher, sent for him hoping that his friend might

give him support. Though his mental problems were a large part of his

sorrow, most of it was due to his sister's illness. Much of the narrator's

time at The House of Usher was spent reading philosophical books with Usher,

apparently a great hobby of them both. One evening Usher came to the

narrator and told him “that the lady Madeline

. . .

The narrator leaves at the sight of this and soon after the House

of Usher collapses. They seem to imply a premise of an evil existence. One of Poe’s uses of hidden meanings in this tale is the many stories the two read.

The narrator finds usher ranting about the storm, and he explains

to him its only a natural occurrence, and turns to their earlier hobby of

reading to distract him. Having no wish to

oppose his wishes, the narrator helps him bury the body at Usher's

request. We have put her living in the tomb!” At this point the reader

still thinks Usher is mad and is hearing his sister in death, but soon that theory is disproven, when the lady Madeline is still alive and enters the room killing her

brother.

This story is full of secondary meaning. The mood in the house has worsened, and Usher is no longer

himself. ” (212) He also informed him of his intentions of keeping her corpse

for a fortnight in one of the many vaults in the house. These stories reflect the situation Usher is trying to escape from.

Approximate Word count = 375
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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