The Fall of the House of Usher

The narrator of the story visited the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, to comfort him who is in a melancholy mood. The narrator noted that the countenance of the house seem pervaded or absorbed by the evil spirit because it was desolated with few decaying trees and ponds around it. Inside of the house, same atmosphere as outside, Roderick Usher had an acute illness of worries and sadness resulted from his sister, Madaline. Rushing to assistance, the narrator played a guitar, sang and read stories to Roderick. Soon Madaline died out of unknown illness that no doctor could heal. While it made the narrator even harder to lift Roderick’s spirit, Roderick decided to bury sister’s body under the house to prevent from doctors digging it up to examine the unknown illness. One night, when both narrator and Roderick could not sleep, narrator read the story to his friend. Soon, they heard the sounds as it was described in the story that narrator read. Roderick then reveals that he heard it for several days and believed that they have buried Mandaline alive. Suddenly, the door opened by the wind and Madaline stood in white and bloody robes. Roderick was appalled and died while she was attacked him. The narrator escaped out of the house but saw that the entire house cracks along and crumbles to the ground.