In "the pit and the pendulum," the narrator explains, "i put forward my arm, and shuddered to find that i had fallen at the very brink of a circular ” how does this description of the narrator's predicament affect the story? it adds suspense by introducing real, narrowly avoided danger into the narrator's situation. it forces readers to question the reliability of the narrator's account of events. it changes the narrator, in the minds of readers, from an unsympathetic figure into a sympathetic one. it injects dark humor to the story by indicating that the narrator was saved by his own clumsiness

In at least 150 words, explain how richard wright use of dialogue in the short story "the man who was almost a man" contributes to the overall meaning of the story.

How did the language of the gettysburg address differ from the language in the secondary source about this speech?

Excerpt from an enemy of the people henrik ibsen mrs. stockmann. (turns to the hall door, listening.) i expect that is mr. hovstad coming. billing. very likely. (peter stockmann comes in. he wears an overcoat and his official hat, and carries a stick.) peter stockmann. good evening, katherine. mrs. stockmann (coming forward into the sitting-room). ah, good evening--is it you? how good of you to come up and see us! peter stockmann. i happened to be passing, and into the dining-room). but you have company with you, i see. mrs. stockmann (a little embarrassed). oh, no--it was quite by chance he came in. (hurriedly.) won't you come in and have something, too? peter stockmann. i! no, you. good gracious--hot meat at night! not with my digestion, when peter stockmann enters, what does his physical appearance to reveal about his character?