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Introduction to Dark Romanticism: American Gothic

Question 10 • FL-1001370-English 3 A

Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher."Hitherto she had steadily borne up against the pressure of her malady, and had not betaken herself finally to bed; but, on the closing in of the evening of my arrival at the house, she succumbed (as her brother told me at night with inexpressible agitation) to the prostrating power of the destroyer.Which short story element does Poe develop in the excerpt?

Answer
A
characterization
B
plot
C
setting
D
theme

Explanation

The excerpt describes a change in events: Madeline, who had been resisting her illness, finally succumbs to it on the evening of the narrator’s arrival. This advances the story’s sequence of events, developing the plot. It does not mainly establish where or when the story takes place, which would develop setting.

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