Poe

Poe's stories include a lot of gothic stuff in it. So far from what we've read, both the Raven and the fall of the house of usher both include gothic concepts in it. Both these stories include mystery, ghosts, haunted houses, and darkness. Another factor included in gothic are doubles. In the Fall of the House of Usher, one can see the use of doubles. I think that Madeline and Roderick are used as doubles here. Becuase they are twins, is why i think that they can be seen as being doubles. Maybe cause they're twins, Roderick thinks that Madeline is just a ghost and not a real person. That's why when he goes to bury her, he's lost his mind, and he thinks that she's dead. But i know that the fact that they are twins has to be important. Maybe since they're twins, they have telepathic communications. Thus, after Roderick has burried Madeline, he starts feeling different and wired taht following week. Maybe Madeline was communicating to Roderick and getting mad at him for burying him in the tomb while she was really alive.
I also think that Madeline and Roderick represent both Poe and his cousin? that he married. The description of Roderick that is given in the novel, describes Poe in my opinion. And Poe was an ill man as well. I don't know if he had any kids or not, which i don't think he did. It would mean that he was the last person of his family as well becuase he was adopted by another family. So this is also another similarity between him and Roderick.