Which of the following best describes the speaker's professed attitude toward the reputation of Jack Ketch? A
Admiration verging on envy
B
Thinly veiled contempt
С
Sympathy bordering on pity
D
Respect tinged with impatience
E
Repugnance combined with jealousy

- "is not only a luminous passive watcher in the night sky, but it is a powerful force.

it does symbolizes love,   lust   and dreaming and is seen as a power symbolic force that determines and affects human behaviors and reactions.

in the context of the question it does remain you that he events are only taking place at night and the reader of the passage of time."

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.