How are the details of both Roderick’s and Madeline’s illnesses important to the development of the plot?
A. Their sicknesses reflect the decay of the estate and their familial line.
B. Madeline is near death, while Roderick’s sensitivity (or possible hypochondria) prevents him from leaving the house, ensuring the end of their line.
C. Madeline’s cataleptic condition leads to her early burial, while Roderick’s heightened senses forces him to hear her struggle to break out of the tomb, driving him mad.
D. Madeline’s weakened condition permits Roderick to take advantage and kill her off, symbolically killing his own illness/self, but his heightened senses send him into madness over his guilt.