How does the following quote develop Dr. Druring's point of view? "His wife and daughters, not sharing his curiosity
regarding the works and ways of our ill-starred fellow-
creatures, were, with needless austerity, excluded from
what he called the Snakery, and doomed to companionship
with their own kind" (Paragraph 8)
O A Dr. Druring considers his wife and daughters' disinterest
in snakes to be regrettable for them.
OB Dr. Druring resents his wife and daughters'
apprehension toward snakes and criticism of his work.
OC Dr. Druring is protective of his snakes and unwilling to
allow his wife and daughters to enter the Snakery.
OD Dr. Druring is secretive about his work with snakes and
unwilling to allow his family to enter the Snary
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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.

wow there were a thousand people in the concert. that’s great

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