Charaters
Plot
Symbols
Terms
Details
100
This character wrote to the narrator character asking for him to visit.
Who is Rodrick?
100
The quote at the beginning of the story usually summing up the theme of the story.
What is an epigraph?
100
The color of the moon at the end of the story.
What is blood red?
200
Rodrick's sister.
Who is Madeline?
200
A style of writing that is characterized by elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom.
What is Gothic literature?
200
The way the Narrator arrived to the House of Usher.
What is on horseback?
300
These characters are hinted at being in a incestuous relationship.
Who are Rodrick and Madeline?
300
The message(s) or moral(s) of the story.
What is theme?
300
The name of the poem read by Rodrick.
What is "The Haunted Palace?"
400
This person is interested in the arts such as music and literature.
Who is Rodrick?
400
The way the story is written, whether it be 1st, 3rd, or omniscient.
What is perspective?
400
The season the story take place in.
What is fall or autumn?
500
Suffers from epilepsy, which was misdiagnosed as possession.
Who is Madeline?
500
This collapses at the end of the story followed by the moon exploding in the background.
What is the Usher house/manor?
500
Represented by the collapsing of the house at the end of the story.
What is the death of Rodrick or the end of the "Usher race?"
500
The way a plot is diagrammed.
What is a plot triangle?
500
The author of the epigraph.
Who is De Beranger?
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