Indeed, she escape, and uses her last bits of strength to find her brother and fall onto him. This is a glaring hint for readers that Madeline might not, indeed, be dead, and that there may be consequences for burying her alive. Poe first explores an almost Romeo and Juliet-like moment when the narrator notices that Madeline is still flushed in death. The fact that his friend and his sister are dead are bad enough the house is clearly connected to them and they to the house, and once this connection is broken, the narrator bears witness to its utter destruction.ĭeath is a popular theme found in many of Poe’s works. As she appears in the doorway in the middle of a horrific storm, covered in blood and in her final gasps, the narrator, now terrified by what he has just witnessed, runs outside only to see the entire house break and fall into the tarn. The terror arises not only on the part of the reader through the creepiness of the setting, the state of Usher, and the ghastly sounds coming from the vaults it also comes from Usher’s realization that he probably buried his sister alive. In this activity, students will identify themes and symbols from the story, and support their choices with details from the text. Themes, symbols, and motifs come alive when you use a storyboard.
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