The House of Usher falls, causing a fall to the House of Usher
Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a chilling story written in the first person perspective through the eyes of a possibly crazed narrator. Part of the story's horror comes from the fact that the reader can never be entirely sure as to what is true and what is fiction. In any case, a main theme of the story is twin imagery. Many uses of identical traits exist in the story, like the similarities between the narrator and Roderick, or the fact that Roderick and Madeline are literal twins, but one pair of sym…
