As the narrator is rushing out of this house, what happens to the house?

all the lights in the house flash on and off wildly while the narrator hears a creepy howling sound.
the house erupts in flames.
the house is struck by lightning.
the crack in the house splits open and the house falls into the moat.

the fall of the house of usher

According to the options stated, the one which is correct is the last one: “The crack in the house splits open and the house falls into the moat”. The House of Usher, which can be assumed that is some house of somewhere in Europe in the 1800s, splits apart and collapsed by wiping away the remnants of the ancient family. Besides, Poe used a metaphor to resemble the fall of the House itself as an old decaying entity in itself.

“thy baited hooks shall tangle me no more.”

“hath taught me to set in trifles no store,”

“me lusteth no longer rotten boughs to climb.”

the central idea is basically saying that juveniles that have committed a crime will not have the same consequences as the   adults that have. they will have a softer punishment than what the adults have that is harsh in some ways.