Question 4 of 10 • $2526: SEM 1: 1001370: English 3: NEW credit
Read the excerpt from Poe’s “The Tale-Tell Heart”.Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with what caution --with what foresight --with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
Answer
A
It emphasizes the narrator’s mission.
B
It emphasizes the narrator’s hatred for the old man.
C
It emphasizes the narrator’s belief that he is insane
D
It emphasizes the narrator’s belief that he is sane.