Edgar Allen Poe is best known for his poems, short stories, and chilling tales. Poe's death, after losing his mother and stepmother, had a great impact on his work. The theme of death appears in several of Poe's stories, such as "The Fall of the House of Usher." “The Fall of the House of Usher” is considered a supernatural story. The story is about the last members of the family, Roderick and Madeline, the house they live in and the consequences they face, similar to Poe's life. Poe uses a lot of diction and literary devices: settings, symbols and images to give readers the feeling of being there. Poe draws readers to the horrible disease that is killing the house, its surroundings, and everyone who lives there. In the story, it is autumn and Poe creates a frightening setting by using this unnamed narrator to describe the house as he sees it. that and the emotions that the house gave him. The narrator describes the clouds as ethereal and glowing, the lake as dark and frightening, and a fissure running down the middle of the house. Poe uses an unnamed narrator to explain the emotions the house gave him, but no words could describe how horrifying the house was. The narrator felt gloomy. Poe's continued use of dark diction "dreary, gloomy, gloomy, and dull" creates a mood of horror in "The Fall of the House of Usher." The setting is everything in the story, as Wilson stated: "The setting...plays an integral part of the story because it creates an atmosphere of gloom and decadence" (page 55). Sadness was the darkness Poe mentioned falling over the bailiff's house. The trees died and the surroundings of the house became dark. Poe's story contains many symbolisms. In "The Fall of the House of Usher", I believe the story was written in the middle of a paper...it was the gloom and gloom that Poe mentioned fell upon the House of Usher. Outside the house, the trees died and the surroundings of the house became dark. The Ushers Roderick and Madeline lost their souls because the evil Ushers took over the house and everything changed. The Ushers now believe that whatever happened to their ancestors in the past will happen to them. The theme is that one must have both physical and mental aspects of life in order to live. I have come to the conclusion that Roderick and Madeline are twins. They are basically one person. Made, which is the mental aspect of the vital body, is lacking. Roderick was physically very healthy, but he suffered from a little mental illness. When Madeline starts to die, so does Roderick. They couldn't live without each other. Everything in the house is in ruins. When the twins die, the house falls apart.