ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Roderick later informs the narrator that Madeline has died. Fearing that her body will be exhumed for medical study, Roderick insists that she be entombed for two weeks in the family tomb located in the house before being permanently buried.

Detailed explanation-2: -At Roderick’s words, the door bursts open, revealing Madeline all in white with blood on her robes. With a moan, she falls on her brother, and, by the time they hit the floor, both Roderick and Madeline are dead.

Detailed explanation-3: -Madeline stifles Roderick by preventing him from seeing himself as essentially different from her. She completes this attack when she kills him at the end of the story.

Detailed explanation-4: -Also central to this story is that fact that Roderick and the Lady Madeline are twins.

Detailed explanation-5: -The narrator helps Roderick bury Madeline Usher, Roderick’s twin sister and possible lover, because the narrator believes her to be deceased. However, Madeline is later revealed to have been alive at the time of her burial, a fact not unknown to Roderick.