Poe is a master at creating an eerie, suspenseful mood in his stories. Dig back into the text of this story and write down two lines that help establish this mood.

Explain what makes these lines eerie and suspenseful.

This question is about "The Cask of Amontillado"

Two lines in "The Cask of Amontillado" that help establish the scary mood of the story are:

1. The drops of moisture trickle among the bones.

2. We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame.

Explanation:

1. In this sentence, Poe establishes a dark tone and with elements of terror, showing an environment where it is possible for elements of the scenery to touch the bones that should have been covered by the skin, but are not. This goes back to the concept of a skull that is exposed in a place, providing the feeling of fear, crime, terror and awe, since skulls should not be exposed like this for any reason.

2. The scenario described in this sentence presents a mysterious and difficult to navigate environment, which makes the place unpredictable and imposes a strong suspense. In addition, the environment also presents elements of horros such as darkness and rot.

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

answer: e

explanation: