Which excerpt from "the adventure of the mysterious picture" conveys the eerie tone of the passage? a. the uneasiness of my position made my slumber troubled, and laid me at the mercy of all kinds of wild and fearful dreams. b.  i was hag-ridden by a fat saddle of mutton; a plum pudding weighed like lead upon my conscience; the merry thought of a capon filled me with horrible suggestions. c. i heard the wind moan among the trees, i caught a reflection of this accursed visage in the pane of glass, as though it were staring through the window at me. d. i determined to force myself not to look at the painting but to undress quickly and get into bed.

I believe the correct answer is C. I heard the wind moan among the trees, I caught a reflection of this accursed visage in the pane of glass, as though it were staring through the window at me.

The excerpt from "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture", a story of the first part of the “Tales of the Traveler”, written by Washington Irving, an American author, that conveys the eerie, strange and frightening, tone of the passage is: “I heard the wind moan among the trees, I caught a reflection of this accursed visage in the pane of glass, as though it were staring through the window at me” as it depicts the frightening feeling of the narrator upon unknown.

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Further Explanation:

Tone refers to the attitude with which the author writes the text. The use of words, language, punctuation, and sentence construction all helps in displaying the tone of the text.

The tone of a text is not the part of the text which is stated directly. The tone helps in setting the mood and encourages the further growth of the story.

In the above excerpt from "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture", the author develops the tone of eeriness and strange attitude. His encounter with the 'strange picture' depicts his anxiety through the tone. The author had added a strange and eerie tone to make the story more suspicious and Gothic. The setting and the environment which caught the author to look at the picture creates a strangeness in the narrative. The description of the painting given by the author gives a Gothic touch to the text. It makes the readers feel suspicious about the picture. When the author says that after having a deep look at the picture, the only thing left for him was to get his eyes away from it and get into his bed. The look of the painting left him in despair and in this situation, the only escape left for him was to hide under the shades of sleep.

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Answer details:

Grade: Higher

Subject: English Literature

Chapter: “The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture”

Keywords:

Tone, mood, eerie tone, mysterious picture, painting, sleep, shades, Gothic, adventure, strange, anxiety.