The Fall of the House of Usher Group

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jlvperez
jlvperez
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 What is "the remarkable fact" concerning the Usher Family?

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Posted by jlvperez on Wednesday October 1, 2008 at 6:20 PM and tagged with children, the fall of the house of usher, theme, usher family.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    The "remarkable fact" is that their family tree is composed almost entirely of "single branches". In other words, couples in the family usually had just one child. When that child married, he or she also had just one child and so on. The Roderick Usher family is unusual because, even though there was only one birth, twins were born. Therefore, Roderick has a twin sister and seems to be the only member of his family to have had a sibling. This could be one clue to the amazing link Roderick and his sister Madeline share.

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Wednesday October 1, 2008 at 7:02 PM