Read the excerpt from "aladdin and the magic lamp.”
but far away in africa the magician remembered aladdin, and by his magic arts discovered that aladdin, instead of perishing miserably in the cave, had escaped, and had married a princess, with whom he was living in great honour and wealth. he knew that the poor tailor's son could only have accomplished this by means of the lamp, and travelled night and day till he reached the capital of china, bent on aladdin's ruin. . he was determined to get hold of the lamp, and again plunge aladdin into the deepest poverty.
who is the antagonist?
the magician
aladdin
the princess
the tailor

Read the excerpt from poe’s "the fall of the house of usher." his ordinary occupations were neglected or forgotten. he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, an objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue -- but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. which statement best describes the effect of the narration on the story? the narration reveals usher’s feelings of discouragement. the narration reveals usher’s absent-mindedness after his loss. the narration suggests usher’s confusion in the wake of his loss. the narration suggests usher’s mental decline after his sister’s death.