Read the excerpt below and answer the question. for a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, what is the author’s tone toward rip van winkle in the passage?   wistful ironic serious solemn

The authors tone as per the excerpt is wistful.

Explanation:

Ironic is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Rip Van Winkle is a short story written by American author Washington Irving. In the excerpt, the author's tone toward Rip Van Winkle is ironic. At first, he defines these people as "sages" and "philosophers" and uses very solemn words such as "perpetual". However, after that, the speaker mentions that these and other people that gathered around that place were "idle personages", meaning that, in reality, they don't really contribute to anything. Also, the location where the sessions are held (the bench in the small inn) does not seem to be very respected by the author.

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it's an extremely important civic responsibility that is invaluable to citizens most in need is the correct one

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.