Answer:
"The Tell Tale Heart", a Gothic short story, written by Edgar Allan Poe contains many examples of juxtaposition in the story.
Explanation:
<em>"A juxtaposition is the contrast created, in a writing piece, by placing facts of two things close to each other."</em>
The <u>First juxtaposition</u> constructed by Poe in the short story can be seen in the opening paragraph where the protagonist is pictured both "nervous" and "calm" at the same time,
<em>"True!—</em><em>nervous</em><em>—</em><em>very, very dreadfully nervous</em><em> I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease that 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—</em><em>how calmly I can tell you the whole story."</em>
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The <u>Second juxtaposition</u> in the story can be found in the third paragraph, where the main character explains how he <em>"thrust" </em> his head into the old man's room then asserts that <em>"it took him hours to enter his head into the room."</em>
<em>"And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and </em><em>then I thrust in my head.</em><em> Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly --very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. </em><em>It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening</em><em> so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed."</em>
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