Question

Which portion of this passage indicates that the narrator observed Roderick Usher trying to appear cheerful and friendly, in contrast to his "terribly altered" appearance?

Answer 1

Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé1 man of the world. A glance, however, at his countenance convinced me of his perfect sincerity. We sat down; and for some moments, while he spoke not, I gazed upon him with a feeling half of pity, half of awe. Surely, man had never before so terribly altered, in so brief a period, as had Roderick Usher! It was with difficulty that I could bring myself to admit the identity of the wan being before me with the companion of my early boyhood. Yet the character of his face had been at all times remarkable. A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid, and luminous beyond comparison; lips somewhat thin and very pallid, but of a surpassingly beautiful curve; a nose of a delicate Hebrew model, but with a breadth of nostril unusual in similar formations; a finely moulded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy; hair of a more than web-like softness and tenuity;—these features, with an inordinate expansion above the regions of the temple, made up altogether a countenance not easily to be forgotten. And now in the mere exaggeration of the prevailing character of these features, and of the expression they were wont to convey, lay so much of change that I doubted to whom I spoke. The now ghastly pallor of the skin, and the now miraculous lustre of the eye, above all things startled and even awed me. The silken hair, too, had been suffered to grow all unheeded, and as, in its wild gossamer texture, it floated rather than fell about the face, I could not, even with effort, connect its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity.

In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence—an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy—an excessive nervous agitation. For something of this nature I had indeed been prepared, no less by his letter, than by reminiscences of certain boyish traits, and by conclusions deduced from his peculiar physical conformation and temperament. His action was alternately vivacious and sullen. His voice varied rapidly from a tremulous indecision to that species of energetic concision—that abrupt, weighty, unhurried, and hollow-sounding enunciation—that leaden, self-balanced and perfectly modulated guttural utterance.
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Answer 2

@curlette123

Answer 3

@undeadknight26

Answer 4

I would say the first passage :D
Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé1 man of the world. A glance, however, at his countenance convinced me of his perfect sincerity. We sat down; and for some moments, while he spoke not, I gazed upon him with a feeling half of pity, half of awe. Surely, man had never before so terribly altered, in so brief a period, as had Roderick Usher! It was with difficulty that I could bring myself to admit the identity of the wan being before me with the companion of my early boyhood. Yet the character of his face had been at all times remarkable. A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid, and luminous beyond comparison; lips somewhat thin and very pallid, but of a surpassingly beautiful curve; a nose of a delicate Hebrew model, but with a breadth of nostril unusual in similar formations; a finely moulded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy; hair of a more than web-like softness and tenuity;—these features, with an inordinate expansion above the regions of the temple, made up altogether a countenance not easily to be forgotten. And now in the mere exaggeration of the prevailing character of these features, and of the expression they were wont to convey, lay so much of change that I doubted to whom I spoke. The now ghastly pallor of the skin, and the now miraculous lustre of the eye, above all things startled and even awed me. The silken hair, too, had been suffered to grow all unheeded, and as, in its wild gossamer texture, it floated rather than fell about the face, I could not, even with effort, connect its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity.

Answer 5

Which portion of this passage indicates that the narrator observed Roderick Usher trying to appear cheerful and friendly, in contrast to his "terribly altered" appearance?

Usher "had been lying at full length" on a sofa.

Usher welcomed the narrator "with a vivacious warmth."

Usher appeared to the narrator to be making a "constrained effort."

Usher "spoke not" while he and the narrator sat.


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Answer 6

Thats the qestion for it

Answer 7

I would say C in all honesty but im not 100% sure if its correct.

Answer 8

okay thank you Ill take your word for it!

Answer 9

I work for hugs :D

Answer 10

The now ghastly pallor of the skin, and the now miraculous lustre of the eye, above all things startled and even awed me.

What does the author mean by startled and even awed in this sentence?

Surprised and distressed

Angered and enraged

Offended and insulted

Pleased and comforted

Answer 11

theres another question with that and *air hugs*

Answer 12

I would say D but i cant ever give accurate answeres so this one isnt 100% sure either...What do you think?

Answer 13

i think D to

Answer 14

TEll me if they are right :D

Answer 15

I will :)

Answer 16

Which of the following statements is most likely true about the narrator?

He feels glad to be where he is.

He wants to move into this house.

He feels sad looking at this room.

He is angry with someone who lives here.

Answer 17

Read this line from the text:

hair of a more than web-like softness and tenuity

What is the meaning of this description of Usher’s hair?

His hair is thin and creepy.

His hair is made of spiderwebs.

His hair is filled with bugs.

His hair is coarse and healthy.

Answer 18

I need help on those two

Answer 19

In this excerpt, the narrator notes that Usher is "alternately vivacious and sullen." Which pair of phrases from the passage most clearly illustrates this contrast between being "vivacious" and being "sullen" in Usher's behavior?

Animated/brooding

Balanced/impulsive

Concerned/exclusive

Complicated/menacing

Answer 20

brb

Answer 21

back

Answer 22

sirr lolz you still there

Answer 23

Sorry amanda </3
OS is a little messed up right now XD

Answer 24

Uno secando because i gotta figure it out XD

Answer 25

I would say A because:
Vivacious means attractive and Sullen means gloomy or depressed...
Amanda you are very vivacious XD