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Hey! You probably came from the worksheet that asks you to complete the sentence in a way that shows you understand the italicized word. The word that was italicized in this sentence was <em>opulent</em> so I'll tell you what it means to help you out! Opulent's definition is 'rich, luxurious and lavish'. That kind of thing. So you can finish the sentence by describing the port's expensive items and how it was clearly for rich people by the way it was decorated with jewels, gold, etc. I hope this helped you in some way or another :)
The attributes which make any type of government unique are it's characteristic. As a government form, some characteristics of a welfare state are a benefit and some are not.
The title of the story includes the word fall which foreshadows the ending of the Usher family line. The decreped state of the house described in the begining foreshadows the dissolution of the Usher family.