I believe the correct answer is B. <span>The narrator does not trust what Agnes tells her.
This is a gothic element because there's obviously a great mystery in the house, that is being hidden from the newcomer. Furthermore, her predecessor has died, and the reason is unclear. In Wharton's time and before, servants, maids, and other members of the lower social classes were to come to the rich mansions and do their duty without inquiring or showing any kind of inquisitiveness, even when the issue concerns them very much. Agnes, as a loyal servant, partakes in this secrecy, and won't admit to the speaker that something strange is happening.</span>
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Answer:
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Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
1) Close to the sun in lonely lands
2) The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls
3) Ring'd with the azure world, he stands
4) He watches from his mountain walls
The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
Alliteration is the repetition of an initial consonant sound at the beginning of each word. Examples are, She sells seashells by the seashore, Nate's nephew never needed new notebooks, busy as a bee, make a mountain out of a molehill, Michael's microphone made much music, etc.
From the appropriate answer above, "Lonely lands" represent an alliteration.