According to Lyle Kendall Jr., Madeline Usher from “The Fall of the House of Usher” is a vampire because of her appearance and effect upon the narrator, her strength at the very end of the story, and Edgar Allen Poe’s knowledge of the day’s literature. In Kendall’s article, he states, “Madeline is a vampire – a succubus – as the family physician well knows and as her physical appearance and effect upon the narrator sufficiently demonstrate” (450). According to Kendall’s article, Roderick and Madeline have the same complexion. Roderick is said to have very pale, thin lips and extremely pale skin, a vampires characteristics. Kendall explains how the narrator feels when entering the Usher house by stating, “Even before entering the house,
