What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?
a.
b.
to inform - in order to teach the reader about a subject
to convince - in order to persuade the reader to accept the
idea of something
to describe - in order to give the reader an account or picture
of something
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b. our party quickly made its way into the cave / but we failed to find our host [the cyclops] himself inside.

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.