Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." [S]he succumbed (as her brother told me at night with inexpressible agitation) to the prostrating power of the destroyer; and I learned that the glimpse I had obtained of her person would thus probably be the last I should obtain - - that the lady, at least while living, would be seen by me no more. How does this excerpt provide information about the narrator of the story? a) It describes what the narrator knows from his past. b) It describes what the narrator experiences in the story. c) It provides an inference drawn by the narrator. d) It provides a criticism voiced by the narrator.

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Ruby Weiss

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11 June, 11:17

Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." [S]he succumbed (as her brother told me at night with inexpressible agitation) to the prostrating power of the destroyer; and I learned that the glimpse I had obtained of her person would thus probably be the last I should obtain - - that the lady, at least while living, would be seen by me no more. How does this excerpt provide information about the narrator of the story? a) It describes what the narrator knows from his past. b) It describes what the narrator experiences in the story. c) It provides an inference drawn by the narrator. d) It provides a criticism voiced by the narrator.

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Esther Fitzgerald · Answer 1

C.

Explanation:

Inference is the literary device used by the narrators or writers in which observations are put forward that are not based on facts or logic.

The Fall of the House of Usher is a Gothic short story written by Edgar Allan Poe.

In the given excerpt, the information about the narrator of the story is shown by the inference added by him. The inference added by the narrator is about the sister of Roderick, Madeline, the narrator's friend.

Madeline was suffering from an unknown disease and passed away due to her sickness. The narrator is inferring that he won't be able to see Madeline again because she succumbed to the destroyer.

So, the correct answer is option C.

Allie Duncan · Answer 2

c) It provides an inference drawn by the narrator.

Explanation:

The gothic story of "The Fall of The House of Usher" was written by Edgar Allen Poe, telling about the mysterious and rather unsettling nature of events in the house of Usher.

The excerpt from the question shows the scene after the death of the narrator's friend's sister, Madeline Usher who had been sick from a mysterious unknown sickness. The lines show the narrator's inference about Madeline and how he would no longer be seeing her in the physical world. These lines also show the narrator's idea regarding Madeline's death.

Thus, the passage provides an inference on the part of the narrator, detailing his opinions about the leaving of Madeline.