A “closed shop” is a factory where all of the workers are union members.
A pre-entry closed shop (or simply closed shop) is a form of union security agreement under which the employer agrees to hire union members only, and employees must remain members of the union at all times in order to remain employed.
I believe the correct answer is <span>hiding an important secret.
</span>Although sinister does mean evil, or intending harm, I believe that Poe didn't use that word his with that meaning. This is the excerpt of when he met the man on the staircase:
<em>"</em><span><em>His countenance, I thought, wore a mingled expression of low cunning and perplexity. He accosted me with </em></span><em>trepidation</em><span><em> and passed on."
</em>There is no evil feelings here - the narrator can only see that his host is afraid because of something, and he doesn't yet know why.<em>
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In this tale discrepancy between humans and animals doesn't overlap because it is even more complex. In this excerpt, Host mocks the Nun’s Priest telling that he would have perfectly fathered great sons. Indeed, religious people, like priest are celibate and it is what means by the host in these lines.
The answer would be focal point. It is like the main place or point of her life in this sentence.
