ESCAPE ROOM THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER

ESCAPE ROOM

Map

Intro

Missions

Intro

Welcome to The Fall of the House of Usher escape room. The aim of the game is to get as many correct answers as possible in order to unblock all missions. At the end you will have to guess a secret word to win the game. Are you brave enough to enter this gloomy mansion?

The House of Usher

· Location 4

· Location 1

· Location 2

· Location 5

· Location 6

· Location 3

Mission 1

Misión 3

Misión 2

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Blocked

Misión 4

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Who is depicted by the figure of the narrator?

The narrator acts as Poe himself. The author is involved in the story itself as Roderick’s childhood friend

The narrator only acts as Roderick’s childhood friend

The narrator does not represent anyone. He is just the person who tells the Ushers’ story

Misión 3

Mission 2

Blocked

Completed

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Misión 4

Blocked

Does the House itself act as a character within the story? What is the relationship between the House and the Ushers?

No, it doesn’t. The house is only used as a gothic element to give the story a mysterious tone

Yes, it does. It acts as an animate object that has the twins trapped for years

Yes, it does. Not only is the characters’ untidy appearance depicted, but also it is an evil force that controls both twins’ downfall and final death

Mission 3

Misión 2

Completed

Completed

Blocked

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Misión 4

Blocked

Is the fissure in the wall one of the main symbols of the story? What is its real meaning?

Yes, it is. It foreshadows the tragic events that will happen in the story, but it represents the past and the glory of the Ushers‘ancestry

Yes, it is. Not only does it resemble the characters physically, but also psychologically. It symbolises Roderick‘s disturbed mind as well as the fragile body of Madeline.

Both are right

Misión 3

Misión 2

Completed

Completed

Completed

Mission 4

Blocked

Blocked

Taking into account that the protagonists are twins; do you think they can be considered as being the same person?

No, they aren’t. Although they both are mentally and physically ill, they are two different individuals

Yes, they are. But they are not condemned to die together

Yes, they are. As they are twins, they are two halves of the same person; they are also condemned to die together

Misión 3

Misión 2

Completed

Completed

Completed

Mission 4

Completed

Blocked

Mission 5

Does Madeline actually return from death when she appears in the room? Was she alive when Roderick and the narrator entombed her?

Considering her cataleptic state, she could be able to wake up in the tomb so that both Roderick and his friend buried her alive

She actually wakes up in the tomb and tries to kill herself that is why she appears covered in blood in the room

It is impossible that she could survive since the door was reinforced with iron. Then, she appears as a ghost

Misión 3

Misión 2

Completed

Completed

Completed

Mission 4

Mission 6

Completed

Mission 5

Completed

Why does the author use the character of Lady Madeline in the story?

Both are right

The author had a passion for using female characters since his childhood was damaged by the absence of his mother

The ghostly figure of Lady Madeline is used to represent all dead women in Poe’s life: his mother, his foster mother and his wife Virginia

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Do you know the secret word?

WORD