1) Word associations: decay, isolation, madness, family legacy, doom.
2) Textual Examples: "dull, dark, and soundless" description; fissure running down the front; collapse at story's end.
3) Possible Symbolic Meaning: The Usher family's mental and physical decline.
1) Word associations: duality, connection, fate, illness, mirror images.
2) Textual Examples: Madeline and Roderick as twins; shared symptoms; Madeline's return from tomb.
3) Possible Symbolic Meaning: The inseparable bond between body and mind, or life and death.
1) Word associations: decay, ruin, burial, darkness, finality.
3) Possible Symbolic Meaning: A place of entombment and inevitable destruction, symbolizing death and the end of the Usher line.
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of the fall of the house of usher worksheet.
