how does the imagery depicted in the beginning of the story contribute to or set up the story? consider what the house symbolizes
The Fall of the House of Usher begins with one of Poe's most famous descriptions: "During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year . . . " The Narrator is describing his arrival on horseback at Roderick Usher's isolated abode one dreary evening. Immediately he feels an irrational fear upon viewing the huge, decrepit house. Among the mansion's singular features are windows which resemble eyes and a fissure in the stone zig-zagging its way through the facade. The house and the name, Usher, are symbols of decline..... the mansion, standing and falling, alongside the family name.
The Fall of the House of Usher
