The place has been filled to over-flowing with life. It has itched and squirmed with life and now it is night and the life has all gone away. The silence is
almost terrifying One conceals oneself standing silently beside the trunk of a tree and what there is of a reflective tendency in one's nature is
intensified. One shudders at the thought of the meaninglessness of life, while at the same instant, loves life so intensely that tears come to the eyes.
Which word least describes the tone of this story?

the development of trade during the middle age increased to the change given in the agriculture, which gave money, industry and markets a bigger importance in economy. the agriculture production was more than the consumption, which meant the creation of wider markets out of the areas. besides, with the end of multiple wars, the population increased and new trade routes were created.

edwards uses the phrase "o who can express what the state of a soul in such circumstances is! " in order to illustrate that this type of suffering is unimaginable. the word "express" denoted that the state of a suffering soul is required to be described by any person, but it would not happen because no one can imagine how this suffering is felt.  

-show what might happen if the reader disobeys edwards is not correct because this is described trhough the text, not by the phrase used.

-describe what endless suffering looks and feels like is not correct because this description might be the porpuse of the excerpt provided, not the porpuse of using the phrase during the writting.

-prove that few people have survived limitless suffering is not correct because it is implied that the soul of a person is already suffering and doesn't have any way to escape.