![]() ![]() As Philip carries Madeline out, Roderick appears and insists on returning her to her room. Suddenly, her grandmother's coffin falls from its niche and breaks open, revealing a skeleton and causing Madeline to faint. Madeline, by way of explanation, takes Philip to a crypt in the mansion's basement, where she shows him the coffins of her great-grandparents, grandparents and parents, all victims of madness. Madeline refuses to go with Philip, however, and tells him that she will soon be dead. In the morning, Bristol agrees to let Philip take Madeline her breakfast, giving him the opportunity again to implore her to leave. Bristol advises Philip not to wake her and carries her back to her room. Later, after hearing more creaking and clanking sounds, Philip checks Madeline's room and, finding it empty, goes downstairs where he discovers her, lying in a trance-like state. When Roderick discovers them together, Philip accuses him of keeping Madeline a prisoner, but Roderick insists that it is his love for his sister that makes him protective. That night, Philip creeps into Madeline's room, awakens her and asks her to leave with him in the morning, but she insists she cannot. ![]() As Philip unpacks, the house trembles and vibrates and when he goes downstairs for dinner, a falling chandelier narrowly misses him. After Philip accuses Roderick of exaggerating and refuses to leave the house, Bristol shows him to a guest room. Roderick, greatly disturbed that Philip still intends to marry his sister, tells him that the majority of his ancestors have succumbed to madness and that he and Madeline are dying. Suddenly, Madeline appears and informs her brother that Philip must stay, then returns to her room. Roderick insists that Philip leave and terminate his betrothal to Madeline. After Roderick upbraids Bristol for having permitted Philip to enter, he asks Philip to speak softly, as he is afflicted by a condition that amplifies even minor sounds. ![]() Although Bristol, the family's longtime retainer, tells Philip that he cannot admit him, as Madeline is ill and confined to her bed, Philip insists upon talking with Madeline's brother Roderick. As he nears his destination, Philip passes through a very stark, barren area until he reaches the decaying, foreboding Usher mansion. Early in the 19th century, Philip Winthrop rides from Boston to rural Massachusetts, to visit his fiancée, Madeline Usher, at her family's estate. ![]()
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