ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The narrator goes to visit the Ushers at the request of Roderick, who is ill and thinks the narrator’s visit might make him feel better.

Detailed explanation-2: -In ‘’The Fall of the House of Usher, ” the narrator visits Roderick Usher because he sends him a strange letter describing his mental and physical illnesses and begs the narrator to visit him. Usher seems to hope that the cheerfulness of the narrator’s company will alleviate his illnesses.

Detailed explanation-3: -The narrator performs the role of the participant of the story and suggests the reader to follow him and be involved into each step, breath, and look. This Poe’s decision makes this short story interesting to deal with for any reader and really remarkable in the world literature.

Detailed explanation-4: -An unnamed narrator approaches the house of Usher on a “dull, dark, and soundless day.” This house-the estate of his boyhood friend, Roderick Usher-is gloomy and mysterious. The narrator observes that the house seems to have absorbed an evil and diseased atmosphere from the decaying trees and murky ponds around it.

Detailed explanation-5: -The story is narrated by a childhood friend of Roderick Usher, the owner of the Usher mansion. This friend is riding to the house, having been summoned by Roderick Usher, having complained in his letter that he is suffering from some illness and expressing a hope that seeing his old friend will lift his spirits.