Montresor tells all of his servants that they must stay in the house. He also tells him that he is going out and will not return until much later. Since the story takes place during a popular festival, the servants want to leave and join the partying. Montresor knows that if he tells the servants he won't be back for a while the servants will leave the house anyways. Since he is not there to make sure that they are doing what he's asked, the servants will go off and do whatever they want.
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"As a result" indicates a cause-and-effect sentence. This sentence discusses the price of shipping goods, which lessened due to better ways of transportation. The price lessening is a result of of new transportation methods, so "As a result" is the correct answer.
I think you are correct, but I am not 100% sure...sorry
A. Animated/ brooding
Being animated is a form of being vivacious. Animated behavior or an animated person is characterized by energy, enthusiasm, liveliness, action and vigor.
Brooding on the other hand is similar to being sullen. Brooding involves engaging and appearing in deep thoughts of anger, pain or resentment.
Denotative is the dictionary version of the word almost, while connotative is like the meanings of it<span />
