Read the excerpt from “The Monkey's Paw.”
He went down in the darkness, and felt his way to the parlour, and then to the mantelpiece. The talisman was in its place, and a horrible fear that the unspoken wish might bring his mutilated son before him ere he could escape from the room seized upon him, and he caught his breath as he found that he had lost the direction of the door. His brow cold with sweat, he felt his way round the table, and groped along the wall until he found himself in the small passage with the unwholesome thing in his hand.

What helps show the mood in the excerpt?

A. the setting of the parlour
B. the monkey’s paw in its place on the mantel
C. sensory descriptions, such as the cold, sweaty brow
D. the unspoken wish of Mr. White

A. the setting of the parlour

Explanation:

Mood in literature is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. Mood usually tends to be reffered as the atmosphere as it sets an emotional setting that surrounds the readers. Though the emotions of the character bring a deeper description into the sense of what the mood might be, it is the errie setting that creates the mood for the character and readers to feel.

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