Help plz!! Which word best describes the tone in this sentence from the passage?

"She had been warned she would be unhappy; and she ended by asking him for a dose of medicine and a little more love." (paragraph 14)

formal

melancholy

sarcastic

serene

Explanation:

is too cruel to be tolerated

in a civilized society

By early adolescence the meat of

the boys is too tough from exercise

and the girls are

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this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.