Read the following excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” and answer the question. “It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will.”

Which of the following is the best inference about the characterization Poe is creating?

The author is giving an indirect characterization of the character speaking as having ill will toward Fortunato.

The author is giving an indirect characterization of Fortunato as distrustful person.

The author is giving a direct characterization of the character speaking as an honest person.

The author is giving a direct characterization of Fortunato as a gullible person.

"introduction to oedipus the king": what is most likely the author's intent in writing about the difference(s) between sophocles's play and the original myth on which it's based?

Modernist poetry explored the problem that arose from rapid urbanization and industrialization in the late 1800 and early 1900. which two lines in this excerpt from "the anecdote jar" by wallace stevens reflect the themes of barrenness and emptiness of modern life

How does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman.edward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing,they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over.o it is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers.it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks.it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states.it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.