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Villains!” I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks! here, here!—It is the beating of his hideous heart!”
Which theme does this climax most connect with?
It takes evil to catch evil.
Pride leads to eventual ruin.
Bad things happen in groups.
Evil cannot stay hidden for long.
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"Evil cannot stay hidden for long."
The narrator's overwhelming guilt—symbolized by the imagined beating heart—forces him to confess, showing that his crime cannot remain concealed. The other choices miss the point: the climax centers on revelation by conscience, not on group misfortune or using evil to catch evil (and pride is only a secondary motive).
The narrator's overwhelming guilt—symbolized by the imagined beating heart—forces him to confess, showing that his crime cannot remain concealed. The other choices miss the point: the climax centers on revelation by conscience, not on group misfortune or using evil to catch evil (and pride is only a secondary motive).
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