The Fall of the House of Usher

The House of Usher looks very melancholy. It pervaded people to feel melancholy when they looked at the old desolate house. All the plants were rank and sedge covered the lawn. The narrator gets invited to sojourn at the house of Roderick Usher. Roderick sent him an importunate letter. Roderick has an acute illness and seeing his friend gave alleviation of his malady. The narrator and Roderick Usher talk. Roderick says that if his sister dies he would be the last of the Ushers. He talks about his sisters malady. They then read a few books. Roderick tells the narrator that his sister has died. They both prepare for a burial. There was strong wind and then there was unnatural light and visible gas. Usher says he put his sister living in the tomb and that he has heard her trying to escape. Madeline Usher then escapes and kills her brother. The narrator leaves and the house was destroyed by a strong wind. My favorite quote is "Although as boys, we had been even intimate associates, I really knew little of my friend." This quote shows that they were never great friends but Usher has no other friends and he is dying.