Question

guided practice
read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.”
and now, some days of bitter grief having elapsed, an observable
change came over the features of the mental disorder of my friend.
his ordinary manner had vanished. his ordinary occupations were
neglected or forgotten. he roamed from chamber to chamber with
hurried, unequal, and object - less step. the pallor of his
countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue—but the
luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional
huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver,
as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance.
shadows of the imagination i
which element of gothic literature is most obvious in this passage?
a. macabre or violent incident
b. characters in psychological and/or physical torment
c. bleak or remote setting
d. supernatural or otherworldly elements

Explanation:

The passage focuses on the narrator's friend's visible mental decline (abandoned routines, aimless movement) and physical changes (ghastly pallor, trembling voice, lost eye luminosity), all signs of psychological and physical torment, which matches option B. No violent incidents, remote setting details, or supernatural elements are described here.

Answer:

B. Characters in psychological and/or physical torment