Marian stood enclosed by a bed, a washstand and a chair;
the tiny room had altogether too much furniture. everything
smelled wet — even the bare floor. she held on to the back
of the chair, which was wicker and felt soft and damp. her
heart beat more and more slowly, her hands got colder and
colder, and she could not hear whether the old women
were saying anything or not. she could not see them very
clearly. how dark it was! the window shade was down, and
the only door was shut. marian looked at the it
was like being caught in a robbers' cave, just before one
was murdered
which excerpt creates the most dangerous mood?
a. she could not see them very clearly.
b. caught in a robbers cave, just before one was murdered
c. the tiny room had altogether too much furniture
d. everything smelled wet even the bare floor.

the narrator is saying that the old lady made her feel uncomfortable. you know this because they say "i found that rather irksome", "perhaps it was her being so upright and trim", and "i don't think it was that, because i thought that quaintly pleasant." hope this !

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human