He wearily approached the house, noting with growing horror its advanced, if subtle, state of decay; however the labyrinth of ghosts that made up its interior belied the dilapidated building... Poe's gothic tale has inspired generations of readers with its unique style rich in detail and pure horror. In “The Fall of House Usher” we find the house mysteriously connected with its inhabitants. As they slowly fall into a state of decay, both mental and physical, its structure also weakens, eventually collapsing into the pond it stood in, while its tenants fall prey to the tension of body and mind. Without them, the house cannot stand. At the beginning of the story, Poe describes the squalid conditions of the house, surrounded by twisted trees and located in a dark pond. Its empty, eye-like windows evoke a sense of horror at what might behold, as its inhabitants slowly succumb to the shifting ghostly aura that encompasses both the building and its interior. In his description of Roderick, Poe portrays a man in a highly nervous state, barely able to contain the internal terror he experiences at every turn. The cobweb-like, airy, almost inhuman hair is comparable to the mushroom webs on the walls of his house, and his worsening health can be traced to the crumbling of his walls. From the beginning, it is clear that more than one link links the deterioration of the psychophysical conditions of the inhabitants to the slow decay of its foundations. While staying at Usher's house, the narrator finds himself unable to track his friend out of the abyss of misery in which he has engulfed himself, both figuratively and literally. Admitting that his sister's impending death is one of the... middle of paper... Fall of the House of Usher.”Throughout the tale, the binding bonds between the house and the inhabitants are clearly seen. What was once a proud family home is reduced to a dilapidated house, whose inhabitants are no less changed. From Lady Madeline's devastating illness, to her brother's nervous affliction, a tangible connection is discerned to their dark family home. As he grows weaker, so do both his brother and sister, until both perish in a horrible death no less fantastic than that of their home. And it is these singular characteristics that have managed to imprint the story in the reader's mind, thus inspiring generations of readers and writers. There is no doubt that future readers will also draw inspiration from this tale of horror and mysterious connections between a house and its inhabitants, “The Fall of the House of Usher”..”