Read the excerpt from "The Fall of the House of Usher." As if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell—the huge
antique panels to which the speaker pointed, threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony
jaws. It was the work of the rushing gust-but then without those doors there DID stand the lofty and
enshrouded figure of the lady Madeline of Usher.
How does Poe develop a short story element in the excerpt?
by characterizing Usher as a man of remarkable strength
by presenting the setting as an ornate, old-fashioned home
by depicting a strong wind to support the theme of nature's storms
by revealing a conflict in which Usher's fears are realized