The Fall of the House of Usher

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Across
  1. 2. : The main setting of the story; it ultimately collapses
  2. 4. : Title of the story the narrator reads aloud to calm Roderick
  3. 6. : What Madeline is believed to be when she is entombed
  4. 10. : Violent event outside that builds as tension rises inside
  5. 11. : Roderick believes the house itself has this awareness
  6. 12. : The crumbling physical home of the Usher family
  7. 13. : Roderick’s worsening psychological state
  8. 14. : The sickly master of the house whom the narrator visits
  9. 17. : Theme involving the mind’s complete breakdown
  10. 18. : Strange __________ in the house mirror the book being read
  11. 19. : Grim act of placing Madeline in the vault beneath the house
  12. 22. : The crack running down the front of the house
Down
  1. 1. : The literary genre of the story
  2. 3. : The unnamed visitor who tells the story
  3. 5. : The dark, still lake in front of the house
  4. 7. : The family relationship between Roderick and Madeline
  5. 8. : Author of "The Fall of the House of Usher"
  6. 9. : What the narrator feels as he approaches and enters the house
  7. 10. : Roderick’s extreme __________ to light, sound, and touch
  8. 12. : Roderick Usher’s mysterious twin sister
  9. 14. : Literary movement that includes Poe’s dark, emotional style
  10. 15. : A word that describes the overall mood and atmosphere
  11. 16. : The ancient family name tied to the doomed house
  12. 20. : Type of fear Poe emphasizes through setting and mind
  13. 21. : The final fate of the Usher family line