The Fall Of The House Of Usher Summary
The story “The Fall of the House of Usher” tells how two childhood friends the narrator and Roderick Usher after many years Roderick writes to the narrator and ask for help because of his illness that runs through his family. The mansion that Roderick lives in has been there for generations that has been past down. The narrator is freaked out by the house because of the noises from the wind and the appearance of the mansion. Roderick’s illness is making him go insane as well as his sister Madeline Usher. As time went Madeline fainted and Roderick thought she had past away so he made her the burial as every other family member.
An old friend, Roderick Usher, asked me to come visit right away. He was ill. I hadn't seen Usher in a long time. …show more content…
She was his only living relative. But she, too, was ill.
As he spoke, Madeline passed through the back of the room, then disappeared into the dark.
For the next several days, I tried to lift Usher's spirits. We read books together.
One day he asked, "Do you think the stone walls of this house are alive?"(Paragraph 3-5)
The narrator thinking that the walls are alive because of the noises he hears from the wind and more but Roderick isn’t convinced that the walls are living. Instead Roderick answers that they are alive as his sister Madeline is in that situation. The story paints the picture of the house being haunted even with only two people who are in the mansion. The Fall of Usher has gothic style from dark romanticism and insanity. It also makes isolation through Roderick being alone because the death of his sister Madeline. The narrator tried to accompany Roderick from loneliness.
Neither Usher nor I could sleep. I decided we should read a story out loud.
As I began to read, something rattled.
It's just the wind, I told myself.
I continued to read. Just then, I heard the rattling again. Then a sharp, grating, screaming sound came from somewhere
An old friend, Roderick Usher, asked me to come visit right away. He was ill. I hadn't seen Usher in a long time. …show more content…
She was his only living relative. But she, too, was ill.
As he spoke, Madeline passed through the back of the room, then disappeared into the dark.
For the next several days, I tried to lift Usher's spirits. We read books together.
One day he asked, "Do you think the stone walls of this house are alive?"(Paragraph 3-5)
The narrator thinking that the walls are alive because of the noises he hears from the wind and more but Roderick isn’t convinced that the walls are living. Instead Roderick answers that they are alive as his sister Madeline is in that situation. The story paints the picture of the house being haunted even with only two people who are in the mansion. The Fall of Usher has gothic style from dark romanticism and insanity. It also makes isolation through Roderick being alone because the death of his sister Madeline. The narrator tried to accompany Roderick from loneliness.
Neither Usher nor I could sleep. I decided we should read a story out loud.
As I began to read, something rattled.
It's just the wind, I told myself.
I continued to read. Just then, I heard the rattling again. Then a sharp, grating, screaming sound came from somewhere