… He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses; the most insipid food was alone endurable; he could wear only garments of certain texture; the odors of all flowers were oppressive; his eyes were tortured by even a faint light; and there were but peculiar sounds, and these from stringed instruments, which did not inspire him with horror.
In this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” what does this description of Usher suggest?
A. that he longs for sunshine and the comfort it brings
B. that he cannot tolerate sensory experiences
C. that he has lost the ability to smell good food
D. that only music can comfort the longing he feels
In this passage of “The Fall of the House of Usher” the narrator describes an illness that rack his life because it separated him from the world due to even the smaller sensory experience will overload his senses, we can conclude that he cannot tolerate sensory experiences. The answer is B.
