Plot summary and examination of character and colflicting worlds of realism and supernatural in Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher

<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>March 14, 2004 In Edgar Allen Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" the narrator is forced to the very edge of sanity. He is presented with a mental tug-of-war between the realistic and …

…The narrator is confronted by the madness of Usher and the House. He is forced to the brink of insanity; however, he escapes and witnesses the end of the "House of Usher." The relationship of Usher and Madeline as identical twins and one in mind and body imposes the effects of the separation of. In the end, not only does the "House of Usher" fall but the end of the family of Usher as well.