Symbol of the House of Usher

Richard Wilbur argues that the character of Roderick Usher is a symbol. The Fall of the House of Usher’s a comprehensive, symbolic account of the madness and dishonesty of an individual's personality. The death of Madeline and Roderick was the decision that Roderick chose to make. The symbol Wilbur is referring to is an allegorical figure representing the hypnagogic state which, the condition of the mind occurring ‘upon the very brink of sleep.’
Roderick Usher, standing for the hypnagogic state and the house collapsing, is someone falling asleep into the depths of sleep. It was an imaginative figment of his subconscious explaining the narrator’s inner emotional state. Wilbur is right—Roderick Usher is a symbol.
At the beginning of the story or image in the narrator’s mind is a picture of the house of Usher. The narrator predicted that Usher is afraid of fear. If Usher symbolized the incertitude of life—when Lady Madeline embraces him, this embrace would symbolize the union of a divided soul, indicating a final restoration and cleaning of that soul in a life to come. The house too symbolizes Usher’s fear. As the crack of the house worsens, it could be cause by the fear of Usher. As he is about to dies, the house of Usher collapsed, causing horrifying scenery. Since Usher embodies the incertitude of life, it concluded when Lady Madeline embraces Usher. The embrace would symbolize the combination of a divided soul, indication a final renewal and refining of that soul in a life to come. When Madeline ran into her brother, Usher faced his fear. Though, he died of fear. Madeline and Usher will live in pure spirituality world, which is symbolized by the collapse of the House of Usher. The conclusion of fear was in exchanged for the pure spirituality of Roderick Usher and the Lady Madeline.
There are many symbolisms in the story. The most disgraceful symbol is the mansion itself: the fungus on it represents the sickness of the Usher family; the collapse of the house