Summary Of The House Of Rodrick Usher

The narrator of our story begins by telling us that he has been summoned to the house of a childhood friend. The summons told him that his friend, Rodrick Usher, is very sick and hopes that a visit from the narrator will raise his spirts. Over the course of his stay at the House of Ush-er the narrator, is subjected to many unusual occurrences.
In the first and second passages on page 1119, more incite is given into what has caused the illness of Rodrick Usher. Within the first passage is the statement “He was enchained by cer-tain superstitious impressions in regard to the dwelling which he tenanted” (1119). The narrator is explaining what Rodrick Usher has said could be causing the illness he is facing. He believes that the houses gloomy nature along with its decaying exterior is what is causing making him so sick. He is so influenced by the way the house is falling apart that it is making him physically sick.
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He is noticing how the house looks fine from a distance, but up-close you can see the decaying exterior. Several times throughout the story the narrator refers to Rodrick as a hy-pochondriac, meaning he is prone to worrying that he is sick. It is also stated that the disease that has consumed the narrator’s friend is hereditary. The first passage states, “in effect which the physique of the gray wall and turrets, and of the tran into which that all looked down, had at length brought about upon the morale of his existence” (1119). However, what exactly the illness is never given a name and more often than not when it is described in the text, a description of the house also goes with it. This leads to conclusion that the hereditary illness was caused by the state of the house and has affected multiple generations of the family. This shows the reader that the state of the house as well as its decorations is taking a tremendous toll on