Question

Excerpt from: The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within...Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.Which idea from the passage is really an opinion?

Answer 1

The general furniture was comfortless because what if someone though it was comfortable.

Answer 2

Answer:

The best answer to the question: Which idea from the passage is really an opinion, would be: "I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow."

Explanation:

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, and which was first published in 1839. In this particular excerpt, most of the narration is actual fact, the speaker is simply describing what he sees, and what is there, but there is a point, near the end, where the speaker goes from what he sees and feels from the actual scenery, into what he thinks those visible things mean. Thus, he states something that he feels, or senses from what he sees and believes that all of it conveys sorrow. This is why that particular line in the excerpt is the correct answer to the question. The expression: "I felt..." strays from actual fact and goes into the perception of the one describing what he is seeing.