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Fall of the House of Usher = allegory?

The prompt for my APE is:

How might Fall of the House of Usher, or any of Poe's works, be read as an allegory of a journey into the human mind/spirit?

I know that the house is supposed to represent a disordered mind and that the fall of the house represents the end of a lineage, but I don't know what that has to do with a journey into the human mind/spirit.

Any suggestions or guidance would be appreciated!!

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