Table of Contents
- 1 What has happened to Lady Madeline?
- 2 What happens to the Lady Madeline on the evening of the narrator’s arrival?
- 3 How many days was Madeline in the tomb?
- 4 Why was the narrator so afraid the night after they put Lady Madeline in the vault?
- 5 Was Lady Madeline older or younger or the same age as Roderick?
- 6 What does the narrator do after Roderick dies?
What has happened to Lady Madeline?
Madeline is very ill; she is cataleptical and her body is wasting away. A cataleptic is a person who has seizures and can go into a death-like trance afterward. Madeline supposedly dies and her body is entombed below ground. Madeline breaks out of her tomb and comes upstairs to scare her brother to death.
What happens to the Lady Madeline on the evening of the narrator’s arrival?
A few days after the narrator’s arrival, Roderick informs him that Lady Madeline is dead and that he would like to place her in a vault inside the house for two weeks before burying her because he fears that someone may snatch her body from the grave.
What happens to Madeline and Roderick at the end of the story?
Madeline suffers from a form of seizure disorder called catalepsy. An important fact to remember is that victims of this disease could enter into a state like a coma in which they appeared to be dead. Madeline, who has been gradually growing sicker, appears to die, and is buried by Roderick and the narrator.
Where was Lady Madeline’s body placed by Usher and the narrator?
As the narrator and Usher lay Madeline’s body in the family vault, the narrator notes several queer details about the corpse before him.
How many days was Madeline in the tomb?
Further, Roderick believes that his fate is connected to the family mansion. Roderick later informs the narrator that Madeline has died. Fearing that her body will be exhumed for medical study, Roderick insists that she be entombed for two weeks in the family tomb located in the house before being permanently buried.
Why was the narrator so afraid the night after they put Lady Madeline in the vault?
Why did Roderick fear the decease of Lady Madeline? Her death would make him the last of the line of Ushers, and also loneliness it overcome him.
Why did the House of Usher Fall?
At the end of the story, the House of Usher will literally fall into this tarn and be swallowed up by it. Furthermore, the ultimate Fall of the House is caused by an almost invisible crack in the structure, but a crack which the narrator notices; symbolically, this is a key image.
Who dies in the fall of the House of Usher?
One conclusion to be drawn from the final scene is that Roderick dies of fear. Madeline rushes upon him and he falls to the floor a corpse, too terrified to go on living. As we’ll talk about in Madeline’s “Character Analysis,” it’s even possible that Madeline is just a physical embodiment of Roderick’s fears.
Was Lady Madeline older or younger or the same age as Roderick?
fall of the house of usher
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| was madeline older or younger or the same age as roderick | the same age |
| how did roderick and the narrator meet | as childhood friends |
| was the narrator very social | yes |
| what has happened to the house over the years | it has gotten old |
What does the narrator do after Roderick dies?
She attacks Roderick as the life drains from her, and he dies of fear. The narrator flees the house. As he escapes, the entire house cracks along the break in the frame and crumbles to the ground.
What happens to the Usher siblings by the end of the story?
In the end, both houses “die” at the same time: Madeline falls on her brother, and the mansion collapses.