Rush: v. to move toward something with great speed, violence, and anger
Based on the passage and the definition, why does
Douglass use the word rush?
She finally became even more violent in her opposition
than her husband himself. She was not satisfied with
simply doing as well as he had commanded; she seemed
anxious to do better. Nothing seemed to make her more
angry than to see me with a newspaper. She seemed to
think that here lay the danger. I have had her rush at me
with a face made all up of fury, and snatch from me a
newspaper, in a manner that fully revealed her
apprehension.
It connotes an extreme version of hurrying.
It connotes a calmer version of hurrying.
It connotes a creative version of hurrying.