Question

read the excerpt from the tell - tale heart, by edgar allan poe. the disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled them. above all was the sense of hearing acute. i heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. i heard many things in hell. what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt? it emphasizes the narrators strengths. it emphasizes the narrators spirituality. it emphasizes the narrators anger. it emphasizes the narrators mental illness.

Explanation:

Parallelism is used when the narrator says "not destroyed - not dulled" to emphasize an abnormal state of senses. Claiming to hear things in heaven and hell also suggests a deranged mental state. This all points to emphasizing mental illness.

Answer:

It emphasizes the narrator's mental illness.