What is the effect of syntax in these lines from bleak house by charles wingspanens?
fog everywhere. fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city.
a. it emphasizes the inescapable nature of the fog shrouding the city.
b. it suggests that the characters' lives are dull and the weather is bad.
c. it conveys that the characters' minds are clouded by doubt and suspicion.
d. it cautions against an impending danger looming over the characters’ lives.

what are the lines. come on!

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.

option 2

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