Read the excerpt from "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture." “And now for the haunted chamber,” said the Irish captain, taking his candle. “Aye, who’s to be the hero of the night?” said the gentleman with the ruined head. “That we shall see in the morning,” said the old gentleman with the nose: “whoever looks pale and grizzly will have seen the ghost.” “Well, gentlemen,” said the Baronet, “there’s many a true thing said in jest.” How does the excerpt exemplify Gothic fiction? by revealing an unhinged psychological state by allowing readers to imagine the most dire conclusion by involving the narrator with an odd cast of characters by illustrating the confused plans of the narrator

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I believe Gothic fiction is exemplified in this excerpt by involving the narrator with an odd cast of characters.
You can see in the excerpt that there are the Irish captain, the gentleman with the ruined head, the old gentleman with the nose, the Baronet, etc. Those are quite odd characters to be around, especially during the night in a haunted house. All of these are characteristics of Gothic fiction, which is very dark, mysterious, and horror-like. The other options are either not apparent in this excerpt or just plain incorrect.

by involving the narrator with an odd cast of characters, just took the test :)