English, 19.11.2020 20:10, tiffanybrown703

What is most likely the author’s purpose in capitalizing the word “Death” in paragraph 7? Tells-tale heart, paragraph 7,

"… He had been saying to himself—"It is nothing but the wind in the chimney—it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or, "It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp." Yes, he has been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions; but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel—although he neither saw nor heard—to feel the presence of my head within the room."

A. The author is emphasizing just how near the old man’s death is.

B. The author is emphasizing the finality of the old man losing his life.

C. The author is speaking metaphorically, comparing Death to a shadow.

D. The author is speaking about the narrator as a representation of death.

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