Select the correct answer.
which theme is conveyed in this excerpt from "the tell-tale heart" by edgar allan poe?
true! -nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous l had been and am, but why will you say that i am mad? the disease had sharpened my
senses-not destroyed not dulled them. above all was the sense of hearing acute. i heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. i heard
many things in hellhow, then, am i mad? hearkent and observe how healthily how calmly i can tell you the whole story
it is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. object there was one passion
there was none. i loved the old man. he had never wronged me. he had never given me insult. for his gold i had no desire. i think it was his
eye. yes, it was this! he had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold, and so by
degrees-very gradually made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.
a
the insane have no sense of time.
b.
the insane are obsessed with mortality.
c.
the insane are incapable of using deception.
d.
the insane lack imagination.
e.
the insane live in a reality of their own

E. The insane live in a reality of their own

Explanation:

Throughout the lines of the excerpt, we learn that the speaker is clearly unable to think in a clear or sensible way, but he believes he can see things clearly and is perfectly fine. To the speaker himself, he is not mad, the diseases had sharpened his senses, and he believes he is able to calmly tell us (even though he had already said he is dreadfully nervous) the story of how he killed an old man, whom he claimed to love, only because of how he felt toward the old man's eye and wanted to get rid of the eye forever. All this excerpt conveys the moral lesson or theme that the insane live in a reality of their own.

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.

x=4, y=4

step-by-step explanation:

y=2x-4;

x+2y=12

we can use substitution since the first equation is solved for y

where ever you see y in the second equation, replace it with 2x-4

x + 2(2x-4) = 12

distribute the 2

x+4x-8 = 12

combine like terms

5x-8=12

add 8 to each side

5x-8+8=12+8

5x=20

divide by 5

5x/5 = 20/5

x =4

we still need to solve for y

y = 2x-4

we know x =4

y = 2(4) -4

y = 8-4

y=4