Read the excerpt from "the story of an hour." when she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. she said it over and over under her breath: “free, free, free! ” the vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. they stayed keen and bright. her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body. which words best establish a mood of relief in the excerpt? a. “slightly,” “vacant,” “eyes,” and “beat” b. “whispered,” “stare,” “terror,” and “pulses” c. “lips,” “stayed,” “keen,” and “blood” d. “escaped,” “free,” “warmed,” and “relaxed”

d. “escaped,” “free,” “warmed,” and “relaxed”.

Explanation:

In the short story "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, we find Mrs. Mallard receiving the news about her husband's death. But contrary to normal expectations, she felt a sense of relief rather than a desperate mournful sensation. For her, it was like a release from some kind of invisible bondage that she had been under her husband.  

The above provided passage shows rather a mood of relief from the death of Mr. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard is suddenly hit by the realization of her freedom and she utters the words "free, free, free". Even the use of the words "coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her" shows a feeling of calm and relief, rather than the expected mourning. So, the answer to the question of which words that establish a mood of relief will be-  

d. “escaped,” “free,” “warmed,” and “relaxed”.

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use of language is very important in order to write in a good way. each literary genre has its different exploitation of language and, therefore, many differences and similarities can emerge. shakespeare's work (romeo and juliet) is a sample of a drama. its language is full of dialogue to describe the beauty of first love in people; everything it's pink color. it briefly describes fictional scenes and situations. on the other hand, the calypso borealis, by john muirs, it's narrative essay: its language is full of descriptions to describe an experience, a real experience. hyperbole is not used as in drama genre. he falls in love with discovering a real place and his direct feelings.

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as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.