The officers were satisfied. my manner had convinced them. i was singularly at ease. they sat and while i answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things. but, ere long, i felt myself getting pale and wished them gone. my head ached, and i fancied a ringing in my ears; but still they sat, and still chatted. the ringing became more distinct: i talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definitiveness—until, at length, i found that the noise was not within my ears. no doubt i now grew very pale; but i talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. yet the sound increased—and what could i do? it was a low, dull, quick sound —much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. i gasped for breath, and yet the officers heard it not. i talked more quickly, more vehemently but the noise steadily increased. i arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. why would they not be gone? i paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men, but the noise steadily increased. o god! what could i do? i foamed—i raved—i swore! i swung the chair upon which i had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. it grew louder—louder—louder! and still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. was it possible they heard not? almighty god! —no, no? they heard! —they suspected! —they knew! —they were making a mockery of my horror! —this i thought, and this i think. 4 select the correct answer. which theme is highlighted in this excerpt from “the tell-tale heart” by edgar allan poe? a. murder leads to justifying the act b. murder leads to deceiving authorities c. murder causes an all-encompassing guilt d. murder creates a feeling of extreme power : ⇒⊂

c

Explanation:

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the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.