The role of the narrator of the story The Fall of the House of Usher is great indeed his rationality and his ability to represent the events from the side of an immediate participant of the story and from the side of an observer, who notice changes in the house but still cannot comprehend the reasons of why these changes bother other characters.Īs a participant. In this short story, the narrator is an old friend of the main character, Roderick Usher, who decides to come to Usher’s house in order to support him and help to overcome his and his sister’s illness. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best and most captivating works, where much attention is paid to the role of the narrator and his participation in the events. He was the first person to use the term ‘short story’ The both houses “die” at the same time: Madeline falls on her brother, and the mansion collapsesĪ real House of Usher was located in Boston and was just as eerie as Poe's
Scary, Gloomy, Foreboding, Melancholic, Dark
