Edgar Allan Poe is one of the greatest writers of short fictions. One of his most popular story is the twisted "The Fall of the House of Usher," one of his most accredited work, is a twisted story with Roderick and his twin sister Madeline, who are the last of members in the "House of Usher". Both Roderick and Madeline have contracted a strange illness that seemed to be spread in the family. Being ill …
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…a mysterious tone to the story in which the narrator carefully describes the surroundings and the characters. That way, we have equal opportunities with him to gather clues, to establish links and to solve that madness. Moreover, the use of that point of view takes the reader into the sick mind of Roderick Usher, which is more and more terrifying as we fall deeper into it. That way, we're able to fallow his deteriorating mind.