The observer and storyteller of the tale, corresponding to the traveller who arrives at the Usher mansion. He serves as the primary narrative lens, documenting the mysterious family curse, the brother's painfully acute senses, and the sister's catatonic condition while exploring the decaying estate.
The narrator functions as a meta-narrative device, processing the horror through internal monologue and observation.
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