“In the view of Richard M. Fletcher, Edgar Allan Poe was neither a symbolist nor an allegorist; he was a synonymist, that is, a word painter or a manipulator of vocabulary, who employed a rag-bag of generally shabby techniques to write his tales and poems, some of affirm his stature as a writer of genius.” (Stauffer, 48) Edgar Allan Poe’s writing style was not something that everybody used to, he had his own techniques to write, playing with the words and painting a poem or a tale by using his brush. “The Fall of the House of Usher” has 3 major characters in the story which is Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher and the narrator. Everything starts with a letter from Roderick Usher to the narrator. Roderick wrote to him that he is emotionally and physically sick and needs his assistance, the narrator goes to the mansion. Madeline, sister of Roderick Usher, has a physical illness. She dies, they burry her. Roderick hears sounds, Roderick tells him that he hears those sounds earlier. The narrator starts to hear as well. Roderick is afraid that it might be his sister’s sounds and she comes for him. Madeline Usher comes back to life. The wind blows and the door which Roderick was looking opens, Roderick’s fears become real, Madeline stands in white robes. She attacks to Roderick and he dies of fear. The narrator flees, as he runs away the entire mansion cracks and falls apart. The aim of my paper is to analyze the literary symbols in “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan