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Read the excerpt from Poe's iThe Fall of the House of Usher

Shaking this off with gasp and a struggle, uplifted myself upon the pillows, and, peering earnestly within
the intense darkness of the chamber, hearkened -- I know not why, except that an instinctive spirit prompted
me -- to certain low and indefinite sounds which came, through the pauses of the storm, at long intervals, !
knew not whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, I threw on
my clothes with haste.
Which word from this excerpt could be used tO
argue that the narrator is unreliable? S
O
Shaking suggests
the narrator s nervousness.
Struggle suggests the narrator's weakness.
Indefinite' suggests the narrator's lack of knowledge.
Overpowered" suggests the narrator's lack of control.

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Answer:

shaking and nervous

Step-by-step explanation:

he would be nervous and not sure of all that is possibly going on around him; hearing the loud sounds continuously would cause him to be more anxious

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