and Juliet Sem 1
2.3.3 Quiz: Understand Gothic Elements in Literature
Question 5 of 10
Read this passage from "The Tell-Tale Heart":
The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined
the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my
hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There
was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would
trouble me no more.
What effect does Poe create by repeating words and phrases in the passage?
A. A sense of relief, as if the story is finally reaching its conclusion
B. A sense of irony, as if the narrator realizes he is doing something
wrong
C. A sense of doom, as if reality is pounding on the narrator
D. A sense of calm, as if the narrator finally understands what he
must do