Which of the following statements best describes a literary technique used in “The Fall of the House of Usher”?
A.
Poe uses flashbacks to help explain the actions of the characters.
B.
Poe uses irony to contrast what the reader believes will happen in the story with what actually happens.
C.
Poe uses suspense to keep the reader uncertain of the outcome.
D.
Poe uses an ambiguous ending to suggest an alternative meaning for the story.
I believe its c?
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You are correct. The answer is C.
D is wrong because the ending, although puzzling and disturbing, is not ambiguous. Madeline is alive again. A is inaccurate because the story is told mostly in straight forward moving time, with only a few references to the narrator's past friendship with Usher. B is impossible because irony is one of the few attitudes this story could be destroyed by. introduce the notion of distance and skepticism and the mood of enveloping terror and decay dissolves like a mist.