a. iii, b. ii, c. i, d. iv, e. v
The story itself has two different storied one about the narrator and second about the oval portrait which the narrator noticed. It is not clear why did the narrator go to that abandoned chateau which was not used by anyone for long time and why the narrator went there with his servant at the night time. The chateau was near a mountain range in Italy which was not used for very long time. At the night time when the candelabrum fell and then he saw a vivid light a picture which was never...
The expression "she was dead" means that the women lost her life due to her husband's love towards art. He only gave time to his art but not his wife. The painter lost his wife while he was concerned only about his art. He didn't value his living wife but when she was dead ,only her rare beauty was painted in the portrait. The women lost her life due to her beauty in this story. Her death symbolises the painter's passion towards his work . She was innocent but lost her life as...