Read the excerpt:
"I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I
brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I
myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very
spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim."
Which is the best explanation for how this scene enhances the gothic nature of the "The Tell-
Tale Heart"?
O The "treasures" emphasize the richness of gothic literature
O The fact that the narrator brought the officers to the "very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of
the victim" shows the madness of the
narrator
O The narrator's "enthusiasm of confidence" highlights the happy atmosphere of gothic literature
O The "wild audacity" emphasizes the heroic nature of the officers