Question

1) Describe the overall mood, atmosphere, or underlying idea of the following excerpts and list the author's words that have connotations that contribute to that mood or idea.
He was leaning against the ledge of an open lattice, but not looking out: his face was turned to the interior gloom. The fire had smouldered to ashes; the room was filled with the damp, mild air of the cloudy evening; and so still, that not only the murmur of the beck down Gimmerton was distinguishable, but its ripples and its gurgling over the pebbles, or through the large stones which it could not cover. (Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Chapter 34.)

2) Describe the overall mood, atmosphere, or underlying idea of the following excerpts and list words that have connotations that contribute to that mood or idea.

Never can there come fog too thick, never can there come mud and mire too deep, to assort with the groping and floundering condition which this High Court of Chancery, most pestilent of hoary sinners, holds, this day, in the sight of heaven and earth. ( Bleak House by Charles Dickens, Chapter 1.)

Answer 1

This passage allows us to see into the inner struggle and loneliness of the character. This is revealed in the phrase "interior gloom" while he faces the "open lattice" but he was not looking at anything at all. He was engrossed in his own thoughts and feelings of a closure or an ending of life implied in the phrase "the fire had smouldered to ashes." The surroundings was so silent and cold as revealed in the words "damp, mild air," "cloudy evening" and "so still.
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Answer 2

1. The passage is describing loneliness and struggle. According to the following phrase:

"He was leaning against the ledge of an open lattice, but not looking out: his face was turned to the interior gloom".

The passage demonstrates the inner struggle and loneliness of the character. He was carried away by his own emotions(thoughts and feelings) of approaching a dead end as implied in the phrase:

"the fire had smouldered to ashes."

The environment was cold and silent as seen in the following words/phrases:

damp, "mild air", "cloudy evening", and "so still".

2. The overall mood, atmosphere and underlying idea of the passage insinuates struggle and loneliness. The character is facing challenges and problems in his life as seen in the following phase:

"Never can there come fog too thick, never can there come mud and mire too deep".