In “the fall of the house of usher,” edgar allan poe effectively uses symbols to create meaning. the decay and potential collapse of the house in poe’s story is meant to represent what other person or thing?

usher’s fragile sanity
the narrator’s fear
usher’s sensory problems
madeline’s death

the most likely reason why dante included the names of historical figures in his well-known masterpiece the divine comedy is because he was trying to expose his own historical judgement to the figures. he settles different characters of the occidental culture in parts of the hell, purgatory and paradise constituting a spiritual judgment according to his thought.