Question

At the beginning of “The Fall of the House of Usher,” what does the narrator do?

Answer 1

At the beginning of “The Fall of the House of Usher,” what does the narrator do?

The unnamed narrator receives a letter from his friend Roderick Usher saying that he is ill not only physically but also emotionally, so the narrator decides to go to his home an stay with him. While the narrator approaches the house of Usher, he realizes that it is a decaying house, with a mysterious atmosphere surrounding it. Besides, the narrator perceives that the house has absorbed an evil. But he decides to assist his friend no matter what happens with this gloomy situation.

Answer 2

The narrator observes that the house seems to have absorbed an evil and diseased atmosphere from the decaying trees and murky ponds around it.