Symbolism In The Fall Of The House Of Usher

In “The Fall of the House of Usher” the interpretation of the narrator falling victim to the Usher’s madness is interesting;, Poe possibly could have fallen into the madness. This is evident when he is reading and sounds happening in the book are being echoed in reality. Now we are not sure if these sounds are real or if both of the men are suffering from the same affliction in the end. This ideal of succumbing to insanity shared by others is a modern study that has been proved through experiments done at universities all over the country, humans act differently when their peers are present. Hints the name of the term peer pressure.
The narrator doesn't really seem to be bothered when he is asked to lock up his friend's sister, due to his paranoia of the doctors coming to the house to investigate the body. However it is shown that Usher has suspicion that his sister is still alive the whole time while she is locked into the wall. Then in the end of the story it is described by Poe that the crack in the house that is in the beginning of the story that was once just a small crack in beginning becomes enormous. Thus
Then after a period of time we can infer that the crack itself probably grows in size; thus the house is less stable in relation to Poe’s metal state. Then after the house collapses it symbolizes the final loss of Poe’s mental stability, in relation, the death of Usher is also a symbol of his loss of mental stability. Furthermore, the walls holding back his sister is his final sense of consciousness being withered away little bits at a time. Just like how she breaks through the walls is sort of figuratively breaking through the line of sanity so-to-speak. Ushers loss of mentality directly affects Poe’s as well, and Poe reading the final story is likely also to try and make himself feel better as well, not just for