Question

Which two sentences contribute to the overall eerie mood of this excerpt from "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe?

Answer 1

Eerie mood is created by the sentences below -  " We had passed through long walks of piled skeletons, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of the catacombs ".  Skeletons lying outside creates discomfort and indicates carelessness.  " He laughed and threw upwards with a gesticulation I did not understand ".  Fortunado behaves strangely which adds to the eerie mood of the excerpt.