Hi, it would be of much help if someone could write a short summary and important details of this piece. Thank you in advance. It is very important to me.

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2002

Answers

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is about a man named Roderick and his sister Madiline. Roderick has to marry his twin sister; it is the family curse. Their house is set in a tarn which represents a barrier to society. Also, the house has a crack down the center which means that the family is weak. Roderick later realizes that he cannot escape his fate and tries to bury his sister alive in a long valut. Later his sister some how gets out and comes to the room that her brother and the narrorator are in and they die together. When the narrator leaves the house he sees a blood red moon that symbolizes death. The tarn covers the house as it falls during the freak storm.

-- Anonymous, January 22, 2003

I don't have any answers I just wanted to tell you how much I thank you for making this short summary for us. Because I have to do a summary on the story but I can't read the book in 3 days for some reason I just don't understand how he writes his books. He should just tell us what he need to say and again thank alot!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, August 08, 2003

tHAN YOU FOR WRITTING THIS SUMMARY THAT HELPED ME AT A SCHOOL ESSAY

-- Anonymous, August 11, 2003