Read the passage from "the tell-tale heart": i could see nothing else of the old man's face or person: for i had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damed spot. which best explains how this action provokes the speaker to murder the old man? a. the eye, which the speaker hates, becomes separate and distinct from the man himself, whom the speaker says he loves. b. the speaker realizes that the old man's eyes are open, which means that the old man would be able to tell everybody who attacked him. c. the speaker realizes that the old man is afraid, and he wants to put the old man out of his misery. d. the old man's glassy eye makes the speaker think that he's dead already. 20 points plx> .

I know this may be a little late -okay maybe a lot- but I think the answer is B.

ill check : )

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in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!