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Read this excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. How does the situational irony of this excerpt affect "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

A) The narrator brags of his sharpened senses, but his "acute hearing" is ultimately his downfall.
B) The narrator's hatred of the old man is shown to be entirely rational and justified.

C) It explains why the narrator is so quiet around the old man as he lay sleeping.

D) The narrator thinks his hearing is very good, so it is surprising when he fails to hear the old man groan in his sleep.

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Answer:

A:The Narrator brags of his sharpened senses, but his "acute hearing" is ultimately his downfall

Explanation:

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The way the situational irony of this excerpt affects "The Tell-Tale Heart" is:

  • A) The narrator brags of his sharpened senses, but his "acute hearing" is ultimately his downfall.

According to the given question, we are asked to show way the situational irony of this excerpt affects "The Tell-Tale Heart" and how it helps the readers better understand the excerpt.

As a result of this, we can see that situational irony is used to show that the events which happens when the narrator boasts about his sharpened senses but he is hard of hearing.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A

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