quid and luminous beyond comparison; lips somewhat thin and very pallid." In addition to Roderick's appearance and behavior, the narrator is also shocked to see the similarity in his twin sister, Madeline. "In the human realm, Roderick had one connection, his sister, Madeline. She too was dying of a mysterious disorder, nervous, cataleptic. It was the same absorbing love between them, where human creatures are absorbed away from themselves, into a unification in death" (Carlson 99). This implies how one's physical and mental state may have the power to affect and influence those around us.
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