How is the discussion of men on the porch of the store in paragraphs 30-41 important to the passage as a whole?

A. It emphasizes the importance of fraternity in the lives of men.

B. It suggests the level of respect that Skykes has for both Delia and Bertha.

C. It provides insight into Delia’s marriage and Skyke’s character as a man.

D. It highlights the reasons Delia loves Skykes and would not want any other man.

Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning