pled from The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe
During a dull, dark, and soundless day in autumn, when
the
clouds hung oppressively
low, I had been passing alohe, on
morseback, through
a singularly dreary tract of country. At
ength I found
myself, as the shades of the evening drew on,
within view of the melancholy
House of Usher. I know not how it
was but, with
the first glimpse of the building, a sense of
nsufferable gloom
pervaded my spirit. I looked upon the scene
before me-upon
the mere house, upon the vacant eye-like
windows, upon a
few rank marsh plants, and upon a few white
runks of decayed trees-
with an utter depression of soul
which I can compare
to no earthly sensation. There was an
ciness,
a sinking, a sickening of the heart-an unredeemed
dreariness which no
goading of the imagination could
transform
into something sublime. What was it, I paused to
think, what was it that so
unnerved me about the House of
Usher?
Select the correct answer
Why does Poe choose to begin the story in this way?
OA. To challenge the audience's expectations about what the house is like
OB. To establish both the physical setting and the mood of the story.
Ос
To provide background information about the history of the house.
OD. To quicken the pace of the narrative.
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