Question

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Read this excerpt from “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allan Poe.

These shadows of memory tell, indistinctly, of tall figures that lifted and bore me in silence down—down—still down—till a hideous dizziness oppressed me at the mere idea of the interminableness of the descent.

How does the first-person point of view most affect the meaning of the text?

A. It shows the reader how the narrator feels about his captors and the fact that he is being held somewhere underground.

B. It illustrates that the narrator is lost in his memories and afraid of them at the same time.

C. It helps the reader understand the narrator's utter fear and hazy understanding of where his captors are taking him.

D. It provides insight into the narrator’s fear of heights and how his captors knew this.

The Answer is C.

Answer 1

C. is the answer

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The correct answer is option C. In "The Pit and The Pendulum", the narrator is a held captive by the Spanish Inquisition. By using a first person point of view, Poe intends to make the readers understand the narrator's feelings during the torment of his imprisonment, and his restlessness in the middle of the tortures he is exposed to.