Read the following passages and answer the question below. From "The Tell Tale Heart," by Edgar Allan Poe No doubt I now grew very pale; -- but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased–and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound–much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I gasped for breath–and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly––more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why would the
Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men–but the noise steadily increased. Oh God! what could I do? From Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley She left me, and I continued some time walking up and down the passages of the house, and inspecting every corner that might afford a retreat to my adversary. But I discovered no trace of him, and was beginning to conjecture that some fortunate chance had intervened to prevent the execution of his menaces, when suddenly I heard a shrill and dreadful scream. It came from the room into which Elizabeth had retired. As I heard it, the whole truth rushed into my mind, my arms dropped, the motion of every muscle and fibre was suspended; I could feel the blood trickling in my veins and tingling in the extremities of my limbs. This state lasted but for an instant; the scream was repeated, and I rushed into the room. The two underlined parts in each passage are used by the respective authors to evoke what feeling? Betrayal Fear Power Transformation
"Oh God! what could I do?" and "when suddenly I heard a shrill and dreadful scream. " are the underlined sentences.
@Hero HELP PLEASEEEE :(
Which choice do you believe is correct?
Fear? /: im not sure its right though.
Yes, that's correct.
It's the only possible choice. None of the other choices make any sense.
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