In Poe's story he never reveals what the "curse" is on Usher family. Poe writes,
"he (Roderick) then implies that the Usher race is the product of inbreeding, intimating that close intermarriage, if not outright incest, had created a congenital deficiency that may have some part in Roderick's illness."
Some critics believe that they were vampires, some disagree.
"There are, however, many open-ended questions that are not resolved by the story's end. Thus, for example, we do not know whether Madeline intended to kill Roderick in their final embrace or to unite with him. Poe makes no effort to fill in these blanks for us."
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