The following excerpt establishes the ..... of the story The Fall of the House of Usher:An unnamed narrator approaches the house of Usher on a dull, dark, and soundless day. This house-the estate of his boyhood friend, Roderick Usher-is gloomy and mysterious. The narrator observes that the house seems to have absorbed an evil and diseased atmosphere from the decaying trees and murky ponds around it.

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The following excerpt establishes the ____ of the story “The Fall of the House of Usher":An unnamed narrator approaches the house of Usher on a “dull, dark, and soundless day.” This house-the estate of his boyhood friend, Roderick Usher-is gloomy and mysterious. The narrator observes that the house seems to have absorbed an evil and diseased atmosphere from the decaying trees and murky ponds around it.

A	tone
B	allusion
C	denotation
D	mood

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The plot of the romance (a fictional title invented by Poe himself, called ‘Mad Trist’) concerns a hero named Ethelred who enters the house of a hermit and slays a dragon. In a shocking development, Madeline breaks out of her coffin and enters the room, and Roderick confesses that he buried her alive.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the main purposes of ‘’The Fall of the House of Usher” is to evoke fear in the reader. Poe does this through the eerie story and its characters, even personifying the house to make the reader feel fear.

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