Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher." During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. Which best describes the mood created by the narration in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher." For several days ensuing, her name was unmentioned by either Usher or myself: and during this period I was busied in earnest endeavours to alleviate the melancholy of my friend. What does this excerpt reveal about the narrator of the story?
Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher." Its evidence -- the evidence of the sentience -- was to be seen, he said, (and here I started as he spoke,) in the gradual yet certain condensation of an atmosphere of their own about the waters and the walls. The result was discoverable, he added, in that silent, yet importunate and terrible influence which for centuries had moulded the destinies of his family, and which made him what I now saw him -- what he was. Such opinions need no comment, and I will make none. Based on this excerpt, the narrator seems
Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher." [S]he succumbed (as her brother told me at night with inexpressible agitation) to the prostrating power of the destroyer; and I learned that the glimpse I had obtained of her person would thus probably be the last I should obtain -- that the lady, at least while living, would be seen by me no more. How does this excerpt provide information about the narrator of the story?
Read the excerpt from "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Edgar Allan Poe. Although, as boys, we had been even intimate associates, yet I really knew very little of my friend. His reserve had been always excessive and habitual. What does this excerpt reveal about the narrator of the story?
Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher." I say that even their exceeding density did not prevent our perceiving this -- yet we had no glimpse of the moon or stars -- nor was there any flashing forth of the lightning. But the under surfaces of the huge masses of agitated vapour, as well as all terrestrial objects immediately around us, were glowing in the unnatural light of a faintly luminous and distinctly visible gaseous exhalation which hung about and enshrouded the mansion. Which statement best describes the effect of the narration on the story?
Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher." No sooner had these syllable passed my lips, than -- as if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver -- I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic, and clangorous, yet apparently muffled reverberation. Completely unnerved, I leaped to my feet; but the measured rocking movement of Usher was undisturbed. How might the word "unnerved" indicate that the narrator is unreliable?
Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher." His eyes were bent fixedly before him, and throughout his whole countenance there reigned a stony rigidity. But, as I placed my hand upon his shoulder, there came a strong shudder over his whole person; a sickly smile quivered about his lips; and I saw that he spoke in a low, hurried, and gibbering murmur, as if unconscious of my presence. Which statement best describes the effect of narration on the story?
Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher." It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances. What does this excerpt reveal about the narrator of the story?
Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher." His ordinary occupations were neglected or forgotten. He roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, an objectless step. The pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue -- but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. Which statement best describes the effect of the narration on the story?
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