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Read the excerpt from The Tell-Tale Heart.
It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. 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—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.
From the way the old man is characterized in the excerpt, the reader can conclude that he was
A affectionate.
B hateful.
C insane.
D innocent.

Respuesta :

Answer:

I think the answer is insane.

Explanation:

The narrator explains that he loves the old man yet he wants to take his life over something as insignificant as his eye.

From the way the old man is characterized in the excerpt, it can be inferenced that he is (D) innocent

Characteristics of the Old Man

The beginning of the passage talks about the qualities of the old man that he had never wronged the writer. The writer says that the man had never insulted him and he was never rude to him. This implies that he had done nothing hateful and was innocent. It was the writer's perception of the old man's eye that made him kill the man. The old man was not at fault.

Therefore, the correct option is (D)Innocent.

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