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Rodrick Usher Character Analysis

 Rodrick Usher Character Analysis

"The fall of the house of usher"

September 2023


Roderick Usher is a fictional character in the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher." The story was first published in 1839 and has become a classic of American/European Gothic literature. Roderick Usher the main character in the tale.



Roderick Usher is portrayed as an extremely isolated and disturbed character. He lives in a decaying, ancient mansion that holds his family names legacy, this isolation has contributed to his deep sense of despair and unease, causing him to fall ill. Roderick suffers from a variety of physical and psychological torments including sensitivity to sensory stimuli like light, sound, and even touch. Rather than adapting to his sensory issues, Roderick Usher's response is to go further into his own world. Roderick's obsession with his own deteriorating health and the unstoppable doom of the Usher family name is His paranoia contribute to his overall mental instability, he seems to live in a constant delusion.

Roderick Usher's character overall displays various characteristics often associated schizophrenia: Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder marked by a constellation of symptoms that significantly disrupt a person's emotional experiences, and behavioral patterns Schizophrenias main symptoms, include hallucinations, delusions (often paranoid or grandiose) and illusions.

While Usher does in fact show symptoms and behaviors that could be interpreted as severe psychological distress, the text does not explicitly diagnose him with schizophrenia or any other specific mental disorder. Roderick does experience hallucinations, extreme paranoia, and emotional instability, which can be associated with schizophrenia, but the story primarily serves as a work of Gothic fiction. The story doesn't try to diagnose Roderick with a specific mental problem like schizophrenia. Instead, it shows that he's really mentally troubled in a way that makes the story feel unsettling.

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