Both the setting and the supernatural connection cause the ambiguity in the story. First, the narrator sees this barren landscape with a bleak landscape in the middle. The colors were in the house were somber with caused an uncertainty in the narrator. Next, he found out about Madeline and saw the supernatural connection between them, which enhanced the sense in the story, but implied a vagueness until the ending of the story when the mansion came crumbling down. The setting, supernatural connection, and ambiguity are these methods that Poe evoked to create these gothic elements to present a chilling story that the readers could visualize.
