Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." Shaking this off with a gasp and a struggle, I uplifted myself upon the pillows, and, peering earnestly within
the intense darkness of the chamber, hearkened - I know not why, except that an instinctive spirit prompted
me
to certain low and indefinite sounds which came, through the pauses of the storm, at long intervals, I
knew not whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, I threw
on
my clothes with haste.
Which word from this excerpt could be used to argue that the narrator is unreliable?
C
'Shaking suggests
the narrator's nervousness.
• "Struggle" suggests the narrator's weakness.
© "Indefinite" suggests the narrator's lack of knowledge.
• "Overpowered" suggests
the narrator's lack of control.