Critical reading
1. key ideas and details (a) what early efforts does federigo make
to win monna giovanna's love? (b) summarize: how does she
respond to those efforts? (c) analyze: what does her behavior
a reveal about her character?

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.

the correct answer should be a

i am not christian so i cannot. this is such a racist and illogical question. you must not be christian too then? if y-o-u can’t write a paragraph about god.