The narrator senses doom is afoot as the clouds ha
The narrator senses doom is afoot as the clouds hang "oppressively low" and the day is "dull, dark, and soundless." The main characters have recently been recognized for their charitable deeds as they hope to absolve themselves of their "family evil." That evil, incest, causes one character to suffer from catalepsy. Mistaking this condition for death, Madeline's brother puts her in a sealed coffin, from which she escapes. This frightens Roderick so much that he dies along with his sister, ending his family's line and causing the Narrator to flee from the title building. For 10 points, name this gothic short story by Edgar Allen Poe in which the title edifice literally collapses into a mountain lake.
The narrator senses doom is afoot as the clouds hang "oppressively low" and the day is "dull, dark, and soundless."
“The {Fall of the House of Usher}”