The Fall of The House of Usher

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10th grade English Mind Map on The Fall of The House of Usher, created by Vincent Zhou on 02/02/2021.
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The Fall of The House of Usher
  1. Notes
    1. The speaker talks about the melancholy House of Usher
      1. The speaker further describes the House of Usher that make the setting have a chilling sad atmosphere
      2. The speaker decides to stay in the gloomy mansion
        1. Roderick Usher is a owner of this mansion
          1. Usher had sent a letter to the speaker and asked him to come see him because he was ill
            1. The speaker complied with the letter
              1. The Usher family had little variation and had one line of descent
                1. This leads the speaker to believe that this is the reason behind his illness
                  1. The speaker says that he starts learning parts of Roderick's mental state at intervals
                    1. Inside the mansion the speaker finds it creepy
                      1. Roderick's senses are heightened and seems scared of his own home
                        1. Roderick's sister is sick from an unknown disease and has lost control of a limb
                          1. Roderick's sister Madeline dies from the sickness and he keeps her body so the doctors wouldn't experiment with her
                            1. One night the Roderick goes to stay with the speaker
                              1. They see some mist that Roderick explains isn't very uncommon
                                1. Roderick and the speaker hears strange noises and Roderick believe them to be Madeline coming out of her grave
                                  1. Roderick is killed and the speaker flees
                    2. The Usher Family has also never been a family that has fluorished
          2. Vocab
            1. Desolate
              1. deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.
              2. Bleak
                1. charmless and inhospitable; dreary
                  1. Sojourn
                    1. A temporary stay
                      1. Proprietor
                        1. the owner of a business, or a holder of property
                          1. Dilapidation
                            1. The state or process of falling into decay or being in disrepair.
                              1. Phantasmagoric
                                1. A form of horror theater
                                  1. Palpable
                                    1. So intense as to seem almost tangible
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