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在西方文學的鑒賞歷史中，馬瑞塔·納達爾和布雷特·齊默爾曼等許多評論家從精神分析的角度對《厄舍府的沒落》進行了研究，發現哥德小說通常強調恐懼、感性和無意識的作用。埃德加·愛倫·坡在該短文中對一位遭受情感困擾的人物羅德里克·厄舍的描述，展示了主角在與命運鬥爭時的掙扎與苦痛。這位著名的美國作家深入地描寫了厄舍一家在瀕臨坍塌的房子中對死亡與恐怖的沉思，讓其與其宅邸成為人類黑暗面的縮影。本文將通過關注羅德里克·厄舍的創傷經歷，來分析其精神錯亂的心理因素；根據布雷特·齊默爾曼的顱相學理論，來分析厄舍的大腦構造與其心理狀況紊亂的可能關聯；並通過對小說中的非傳統民謠《鬧鬼的宮殿》與傳奇故事《瘋狂的崔斯特》的分析，三方面來綜合論證：緣何羅德里克·厄舍的瘋狂是不可避免且無可挽回的。

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Many critics like Marita Nadal and Brett Zimmerman carry out this analysis of The Fall of the House of Usher in terms of a psychoanalytic reading, finding that Gothic fictions usually emphasize the fear, sensibility and the role of the unconscious. Through a ghastly, gruesome depiction of an emotionally haunted character named Roderick Usher, Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates Usher’s struggle with fatality. This well-known American writer provides insights into the meditation on death and terror in the Usher family’s decaying house, embodying the epitome of humanity’s dark side. This paper argues that Roderick Usher’s madness in unavoidable, by analyzing the narrative and psychological factors which depict Roderick Usher’s insanity through a focus on Usher’s traumatic experiences, by analyzing Usher’s brain based on a phrenology theory provided by Brett Zimmerman which examines organs to determine people’s personalities, and by an analysis of a non-traditional ballad entitled "The Haunted Palace" and a legend entitled "Mad Trist.”