"long – long – long – many minutes, many hours, many days, have i heard it – yet i dared not – oh, pity me, miserable wretch that i am! – i dared not – i dared not speak! " —“the fall of the house of usher,” edgar allan poe how is this passage effective at conveying roderick’s madness?

This passage is effective at conveying Roderick's madness by using repetition.

Explanation:

The use of a repetition is a very effective tool in a story to demonstrate the madness of a character.

In this case, after the death of his twin sister, Usher's attitude became totally strange and began to show signs of mental disorder.

In this excerpt, what is done is to emphasize that madness through the continuous repetition of words. Acting like a madman, Usher begins to say that he listened to something all for a long time, every hour and every minute.

What she heard was her sister's voice and assured that she had been buried alive.

sufficient and relevant

explanation:

> the hunger games

> divergent

> caraval

> and i darken (depends on age range)

> strange the dreamer

> red queen

> the grisha trilogy

> six of crows

> the star-touched queen