I passed the night wretchedly. Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly, that I felt the palpitation of every
artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through
languor and extreme weakness I felt the bitterness of
disappointment; dreams that had been my food and
pleasant rest for so long a space, were now become a hell
to me (45)
What is most clearly a motif in this passage?
A. Unhealthy habits
B. Bad deeds
C. Psychological terror
D. Failed dreams

Answer

C.)Psychological terror

In this excerpt, we can see through semantics how terror is transmitted by the emotions described there. We can see how the narrator describes the pulse that beat "so quickly and hardly", being so intense that the speaker "felt the palpitation of every artery." Even the narrator mentions dreams, the passage uses them to indicate loneliness, meaning that the speaker feels so lonely that not even his dreams are with him anymore.

the answer should be a)directions.

what lesson are you referencing?