For several days ensuing, her name was unmentioned by either Usher or myself: and during this period I was busied in earnest endeavours to alleviate the melancholy of my friend.
What does this excerpt reveal about the narrator of the story?
It describes what the narrator knows from his past.
It describes what the narrator experiences in the story.
It provides an inference drawn by the narrator.
It provides a criticism voiced by the narrator.
Bot GPT 4-o mini
answered**It describes what the narrator experiences in the story.**
anonymous
answered
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating,
"'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;-
This it is, and nothing more."
What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
It emphasizes the portrait’s artistry.
It emphasizes the narrator’s mistakes.
It emphasizes the the excitement the narrator feels.
It emphasizes the frightening nature of the narrator’s experience.
Bot GPT 4-o mini
answered**It emphasizes the frightening nature of the narrator’s experience.**
anonymous
answered
I dared not -- oh, pity me, miserable wretch that I am! -- I dared not -- I dared not speak! We have put her living in the tomb! Said I not that my senses were acute? I now tell you that I heard her first feeble movements in the hollow coffin. I heard them -- many, many days ago -- yet I dare not -- I dared not speak!
What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
It emphasizes Usher’s physical illness.
It emphasizes Usher’s sense of terror.
It emphasizes Usher’s uncooperative attitude.
It emphasizes Usher’s melancholy nature.
Bot GPT 4-o mini
answered**It emphasizes Usher’s sense of terror.**
anonymous
answered
Will she not be here anon? Is she not hurrying to upbraid me for my haste? Have I not heard her footstep on the stair? Do I not distinguish that heavy and horrible beating of her heart?
What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
It emphasizes Usher’s misunderstanding.
It emphasizes Usher’s love for his sister.
It emphasizes Usher’s psychological fixation.
It emphasizes Usher’s melancholy nature.
Bot GPT 4-o mini
answered**It emphasizes Usher’s psychological fixation.**
