Why does Poe never reveal the guest or traveller's name in The Fall of the House of Usher?

Answer 1

One reason may be that using an unnamed narrator makes the reader feel almost as if he or she is the narrator and that he or she is seeing and experiencing everything the narrator is. Had Poe given the narrator a name, the reader would feel more detached from the narrator more as if it were someone else experiencing everything.

Answer 2

Poe never reveals the guest or the traveler's name in "The Fall of the House of Usher" to create a sense of mystery and anonymity. This enhances the eerie and foreboding atmosphere of the story by keeping the focus on the relationship between the characters and the decaying house. By omitting names, Poe emphasizes the universality of themes like mental illness and the supernatural.