House_Of_Usher

House Of Usher In the short story, The Fall of the House of Usher, the famous author Edgar Alan Poe writes about a man with a dreadful illness living in a gloomy house. There are three main characters: the narrator, Roderick and Lady Madeline Usher. Poe mentions little about the narrator who is a childhood friend of Roderick. Roderick Usher and Madeline Usher are brother and sister and the two sole survivors of the House of Usher. The story begins with the nameless narrator explaining his reason for coming to see his childhood friend Roderick. Roderick has grown very sick over the past few years and so has his sister Lady Madeline. Their physical and mental conditions have deteriorated dramatically along with the condition of the mansion in which they live. It is mentioned that even though the structure of the house was still intact, it was surrounded by decaying trees and murky ponds. Upon careful inspection, a crack starting at the roof and going down into the ground could be seen. The Usher household, once a respectable family, now was disappearing into the ruins. The narrator had not seen Roderick since their childhood days. However, roderick, narrator, usher, madeline, friend, house, help, over, lady, hears, writes, two, starts, sounds, one, mansion, however, door, days, coming, childhood, very, trying, time, suffers, story, sleep, sister, senses, sees, seen, roderick’s, reading, poe, physical