Read the excerpt from "the lady maid's bell." i had been near a week at brympton before i saw my master. word came that he was arriving one afternoon, and a change passed over the whole household. it was plain that nobody loved him below stairs. mrs. blinder took uncommon care with the dinner that night, but she snapped at the kitchen-maid in a way quite unusual with her; and mr. wace, the butler, a serious, slow-spoken man, went about his duties as if he'd been getting ready for a funeral. he was a great bible-reader, mr. wace was, and had a beautiful assortment of texts at his command; but that day he used such dreadful language that i was about to leave the table, when he assured me it was all out of isaiah; and i noticed that whenever the master came mr. wace took to the prophets. which best describes a gothic element in the excerpt and the social attitude it reveals?

I believe the correct answer is A. The arrival of Mr. Brympton causes fear, revealing that men are powerful in the world.

Mr. Brympton has an ominous significance in the story. Whereas Mr. Ranford is a nice man, beloved by both Mrs. Brympton, Mr. Brympton, and all the servants, Mr. Brympton is apparently the figure of power in the story. His power comes from his high social standing, as well as his manhood. Even at first sight, Hartley fears his judging attitude of a sexual predator.

The D option would have been correct if Mrs. Brympton wasn't also a master, and a loved one at that.

question:

#1: what is the simile that occurs in lines 43-47 (below)? give exact words for just the simile. #2: explain what frost means by this comparison.

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

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