... sound" from the massive iron door also contributes to the terror effect. Such noises are associated with moments of panic and fright. As Roderick Usher and the Narrator view the face of the vault's tenant it leaves one to believe that the entombment of Madeline Usher is in a sense dreadful, freakishly odd, and gloomy. To add, the storms and natural phenomena occurring in the story appertain to the sensation of terror. The Narrator describes "The impetuous fury ... panels" are thrown slowly back and the figure of Madeline Usher is revealed, that the terror in the story reaches its climax...

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