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Ket [755]
3 years ago
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What word best describes the tone of this excerpt from "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe?

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Katarina [22]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Discovery.

Explanation:

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a horror story about how a family's house falls, literally and figuratively. The unnamed narrator takes us through what happened, dealing with themes of supernatural elements, incest, and evil.

Based on the given excerpt, the unnamed narrator is giving us a 'tour' of what the House of Usher looks like. In giving us the scene, <em>"the bleak walls [. . .] vacant eye-like windows" </em>presents us the visual of how the scene looks. This gives the tone of discovery, the discovery of what the house seems/ looks like. He also went on describing what he feels on looking at the view in front of him. He also stated that <em>"It was a mystery all insoluble; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered"</em>. All these observations constitute the feeling of discovering what is ahead, in front of him.  

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