The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story about an unnamed man, the narrator, receiving a letter from his childhood friend named Roderick Usher because he is being affected by a disease and is asking the narrator for help. The narrator travels to the House of Usher which is a family home that is now inhabited by the last two children of the Usher bloodline, Roderick and his sister Madeline. Before he enters the house to see his friend, he takes time to admire the mansion and all of its darkness, noting the small crack from the roof to the ground of the otherwise solid structure. Upon entering the house, Roderick greets the narrator and mentions that his sister Madeline is also ill and is very close to death. After a while, Madeline dies
