Describe the tone of the three narratives—Bradford, Equiano, and Vo Thi Tam. How do the language choices of each writer contribute to the overall tone of the narrative? What does the tone reveal about each of the writers? Why is the tone in each of the texts appropriate to the intended audience and purposes of the writers?

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.