Question

Which two words from the excerpt best contribute to the Gothic mood and tone of the story?

The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe

Having deposited our mournful burden upon tressels within this region of horror, we partially turned aside the yet unscrewed lid of the coffin, and looked upon the face of the tenant. A striking similitude between the brother and sister now first arrested my attention; and Usher, divining, perhaps, my thoughts, murmured out some few words from which I learned that the deceased and himself had been twins, and that sympathies of a scarcely intelligible nature had always existed between them. Our glances, however, rested not long upon the dead—for we could not regard her unawed. The disease which had thus entombed the lady in the maturity of youth, had left, as usual in all maladies of a strictly cataleptical character, the mockery of a faint blush upon the bosom and the face, and that suspiciously lingering smile upon the lip which is so terrible in death.

Word choices:
horror
arrested
murmured
unawed
entombed
mockery
lingering

Answer 1

Horror, entombed.

Step-by-step explanation:

Edgar Allen Poe's gothic novel "The Fall of the House of Usher" revolves around the story of an unnamed narrator's visit to his friend's house. The events of the house of Usher will bring the end of the house as well as the Usher family.

The gothic genre of any writing deals with themes of uncertainty, horror, suspense, supernatural elements, etc. And among the words given in the question, the two words that contribute to the Gothic mood and tone of the story are horror and entombed. They helped add to the mystery and suspense of the story.

Thus, the correct answers are horror and entombed.