![]() ![]() The narrator appears to be weak minded, which is not an admirable character trait. Based on the passage above, which statement best summarizes why the reader may not be sympathetic to the narrator? a. O for a voice to speak!-oh, horror!-oh, any horror but this! With a shriek I rushed from the margin and buried my face in my hands-weeping bitterly. At length it forced-it wrestled its way into my soul-it burned itself in upon my shuddering reason. Yet, for a wild moment, did my spirit refuse to comprehend the meaning of what I saw. The glare from the enkindled roof illumined its inmost recesses. ![]() Amid the thought of the fiery destruction that impended, the idea of the coolness of the well came over my soul like balm. ![]() Read the selection below from the short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe and answer the question that follows. ![]()
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