Read this excerpt from "goodbye to all that" by joan didion. i laughed with him, but the first snow had just begun to fall and the big christmas trees glittered yellow and white as far as i could see up park avenue and i had a new dress and it would be a long while before i would come to understand the particular moral of the story. which statement best explains how the imagery in this excerpt affects the mood of the text? it creates an idyllic mood that the reader better understand the optimism didion felt during her early years in new york. it creates a melancholy mood that suggests to the reader that didion occasionally felt lost and disorientated in new york. it creates a bewildered mood that conveys to the reader didion's regrets about the time she spent feeling unhappy while in new york. it creates a tiresome mood that shows the reader why didion, like her companion, grew world-weary and wanted to leave new york.

Item 7 shakespeare often puts the audience in a situation where they know more than one of the characters does. how does shakespeare increase the tension in the four-lovers story line by giving the audience information that one or more of the characters does not have? the audience knows that hermia’s father really approves of lysander and there is no need for hermia and lysander to run away. this knowledge builds tension because the audience wonders if hermia and lysander’s relationship will survive a night in the woods. the audience knows that helena really hates hermia and wants to hurt her. this knowledge builds tension when helena tells demetrius of hermia’s plan to run away because the audience wonders if hermia will be caught and punished. the audience knows that lysander and demetrius are under the spell, but helena and hermia do not. this knowledge builds tension and makes the audience eager to see what will happen next. the audience knows that oberon is observing the lovers, but the lovers do not know. this knowledge builds tension because oberon falls in love with helena and decides to become a human so he can marry her.