How does varick react when tessa learns she can't film at the la brea tarpits museum? before varick gets a chance to come up with an alternative solution, tessa comes up with a suggestion. varick appears concerned, but says nothing when tessa puts her planning binder away. varick watches tessa pace because he is sure that she will think of a new idea. at first varick is sympathetic, but then he has nothing to offer tessa as a solution to the problem.

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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.