Fall of the House of Usher #1

Poe is very dark and gives great detail to even the smallest of things like the fungi growing around the house. He describes the house as very dark, almost secluded from everything else. It looks like the house has not been very well taken care of as it shows cracks and other damages that are starting to wear down the house. This is similar to R. Usher, the narrator describes him as having a sickly frame, keeping much to himself, almost as if he doesn't want people to inquire about what is causing him to be of such poor health. The narrator even states that even though "they had been intimate associates, yet I really knew very little of my friend." This gives the reader a sense that Usher keeps much too himself, almost as if to show he is hiding a darker secret. The damages to the house could be simialr to the damages Usher is feeling from within, maybe from keeping the secret hidden for so long?