Which option explains why the knight will be the first to tell his tale? The innkeeper insists that he begin first.
He holds the highest rank among all characters.
He arrived at the inn before anyone else.

The pilgrims drew lots and he drew the shortest straw.

creon fires cannons at the rebels

hope this .

in the line from the end of the story "the cask of the amontillado," by edgar allan poe, the narrator has put the last stone on the wall, thus sentencing fortunato to death. just like that montresor associates his feeling of sickness to the humidity of the catacombs, and seems to be glad he has taken revenge on fortunato. however, montresor's last words are "in pace requiescat," which mean "may he rest in peace." as a result, it can be inferred that he hides or does not want to assume his guilt or remorse for killing fortunato in such a horrible way.

a example of parallelism

her eyes began to droop, her mind began to wander, and then her limbs softened.