![]() ![]() ![]() Roderick cannot concentrate on his endeavors and suffers greatly after her death. This is why Roderick is extremely affected when Madeline is debilitated physically by her illness. Roderick represents the “mental” senses and Madeline represents the “physical” senses. ![]() When analyzed carefully, readers could delineate that Roderick and Madeline are not separate individuals, but they are one. The story is interrupted by Madeline’s sudden appearance, as Roderick announces, “We have put her living in the tomb!” On a particularly stormy night, the narrator tries to alleviate Roderick’s condition by reading to him. After Madeline died, Roderick appears even more distracted and disconnected he loses all interest in his artistic endeavors and spends his waking hours wandering through the mansion aimlessly. Roderick’s condition is worsened by the fact that his sister appears to be dying slowly of an unknown disease. Inside the Usher house, the unnamed narrator encounters the Usher twins, Roderick and Madeline, whose complexions are cadaverous and who both suffer from “excessive nervous agitation”. It is revealed in the story that her brother Roderick is not merely a sibling but a twin. ![]()
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