"The two are twins and thus look identical to each other. And then, Lady Madeline survives being buried alive, as though she can not die without her twin brother dying as well. She then somehow, maybe psychically, finds Roderick who dies with her, as the mansion collapses over them; their death bringing an end to the family and, as though psychically linked, to the family mansion." - (http://bibliographies.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/the-house-of-the-fall-of-usher/)
The connection between Roderick, Madeline and the mansion in which they live is undeniable. The House is personified and given its own character. Roderick and Madeline are portrayed as two parts of a whole. As the excerpted quote describes, the three lived together, deteriorated together and finally died together as one.
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