Describe the portrait that the narrator saw in the room.
In Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Oval Portrait” suddenly notices a portrait in a corner of the room when he tries to adjust the candelabrum. It is a portrait of a girl who is in the threshold of womanhood. The painting has overwhelming effect on the narrator who impulsively feels the need to close his eyes to wonder what it is about the image that he finds so startling. The picture is in an oval frame. It is a “vignette” that depicts the head and shoulders of a young...
