Question

Read this passage from "The Black Cat":One morning, in cool blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; hung it with the tears streaming from my eyes, and with the bitterest remorse at my heart; hung it because I knew that it had loved me, and because I felt it had given me no reason of offence; hung it because I knew that in so doing I was committing a sin a deadly sin that would so jeopardize my immortal soul as to place it if such a thing were possible even beyond the reach of the infinite mercy of the Most Merciful and Most Terrible God.What effect does the narrator create by repeating the phrase "hung it"?A. It encourages the reader to sympathize with the narrator and his emotions.B. It increases the violence of the action and highlights its importance.C. It allows the reader to understand the reason behind the narrator's actions.D. It helps the reader feel sorry for the cat and what it had to endure.

Answer 1

B it creates suspense and concern for that cats life and questions what happened.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. It increases the violence of the action and highlights its importance.

Explanation:

In this story written by Edgar Allan Poe, one of his darkest and most troubling stories —and when talking about Poe narrative, that is saying a lot— he tells a story of remorse and an unbearable sense of guilt. In the passage above, the word hung, repeated almost to a maniacal degree, exacerbates the senselessness of his action, the violence it implies, and in so doing, it accentuates the relevance of this very action for the development of the story and the sense of guilt that the narrator is experiencing.