Character Analysis of Rodrick Usher
Edgar Allan Poe's "The fall of the house of Usher" features the tortured character Rodrick usher. Edgar Allan Poe explores the ideas of isolation, curses, supernatural, and haunted characters through Rodrick Usher. Rodrick is shown to be in extreme isolation, and this is a vital character through whom Poe explores, madness, and the supernatural in "The Fall of the house of Usher. Rodrick's run-down, and dark home filled with a sense of gloom foreshadows his mental instability and his weakened health, introverted and sensitive to certain situations because of his illness, Rodrick avoids social interactions and indulges in creative pursuits, like music and painting. His obsession with impending doom and the Usher family history adds to his anxiety, for these aspects, along with already unstable mental state make him constantly anxious. Rodrick's connection with his twin sister, Madeline, and the narrator highlights his lonesomeness, and melancholy, fo