Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart.”TRUE!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
Answer
A
It features a bright, inviting setting.
B
It explores fear and strong emotions.
C
It includes a supernatural creature.
D
It focuses on science and reason.
Explanation
The narrator describes being “dreadfully nervous” and insists that he is not mad, even as he claims to hear things in heaven and hell. These intense feelings and the disturbing mood show that the excerpt explores fear and strong emotions. It does not describe a bright, inviting setting or a supernatural creature, and it is not focused on science and reason.
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