Tell tale heart by poe in lines 151-160, the narrator makes his case to the police and thinks he has convinced them of his innocence. what happens next that leads the narrator to finally confess? tell what this suggests about his mental state. text: i smiled, for what had i to dear? i base the gentlemen welcome. the shriek, i said, was my own in a dream. the old man, i mentioned, was absent in the country. i took my visitors all over the house. i bade them search-search well. i led them, at length, to his chamber. i showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. in the enthusiasm of my confidence, i brought chairs into his 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.

The man sits on the spot where he knows the dead corpse of the man he killed lies.He hears the heart beat and feels that even though he committed a perfect crime, for himself, he has to confess as he is being annihilated by guilt.The fact that he is proud after what he has done, putting an end to " the "evil eye" and also feels guilty about it shows the man is mad.Moreover, he has confessed himself mad at the beginning of the story.

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.

that is true because that is something they fulfill for their work.