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Poe is able to create suspense throughout the whole story by talking about the tunnels and how damp and dark they are and the presence of death. The way he writes this story shows dark imagery. You can imagine Montresor taking Fortunato into the tunnels and how dark it is
The last one!
"My baseball glove wrapped itself around the ball like a mother holding her child."
This is part of Tom's plan to entice the other boys into painting the fence for him. He plays on their emotions in order to convince them that painting the fence is a "fun" thing to do.