Comprehension the question below refers to the selection "the masque of the red death.” the outcome of the story is that — a. the pendulum clock strikes the hour of twelve, and the guest in the strange mask flees the palace of prince prospero b. prince prospero kills the strangely masked guest in a duel, suddenly becomes ill from the red death, and dies c. the guests die after grabbing the masked figure, whose costume turns out to be empty d. the guests take revenge on the strangely masked guest, kill him or her in the black room, and then perform a bizarre dance select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase "dying fall" most likely mean in both excerpts