Read the excerpt from the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. "well, it was this way,” returned mr. enfield: "i was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o’clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps. street after street and all the folks asleep—street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church—till at last i got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman.” what is the mood of the excerpt? 1.foreboding 2.welcoming 3.sorrowful 4.optimistic

The correct answer is 1. Foreboding Explanation:

Explanation:

In literature, the word mood refers to the atmosphere created by the setting, the details related to it and the tone or attitude the narrator has towards the setting and the general tone which is the attitude of the author and the narrator towards the situation and setting that is being described. All these elements create an atmosphere and makes the reader have certain feelings or emotions when reading a specific section in a story. Additionally, as stories usually include multiple settings, details, descriptions, and situations a story or novel mood multiple times changes during the development of it and there are multiple possible moods, indeed, any word that describes an emotion can be a mood.

In the excerpt presented from the novel by the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekylll and Mr. Hyde" one of the character Mr. Enfield is describing he was returning home at three o'clock in the morning and despite all the streets were empty and everyone seemed to be sleeping he started to wish a policeman appeared. This means Mr. Enfield started anxious and uneasy about the situation as he started thinking something bad could happen or someone who was not a nice person could appear. This creates a suspense atmosphere in which Mr. Enfield was expectant and afraid about what could happen next, an idea that is also reinforced by the setting of the description of it as everything was dark, Mr. Enfield was alone and other people were sleeping.

Considering this situation and the atmosphere created in the excerpt it can be concluded the mood of it is foreboding as the character dreads something bad happens and this feeling of foreboding linked to anxiety and fear is equally transmitted to the reader.

the right ones are in bold.

daintly refers to the fact she was reaching for what she ate, not necessarily what she is like.

greatest charm as in she possessed (=had) the greatest charm.

pleasant (her demeanor)

speaking (of her sensibility)

dead refers to the hypothetical mouse.

bleeding refers to the hypothetical mouse.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”