Question

But the pathos, the lesson, the moral of the great spectacle were lost upon the boy; he only thought of the conspicuousness of the principal character before the on-looking nations; his face lit with the thought, and he said to himself that he wished he could be that child, if it was a tame lion.
Which word from the excerpt helps define pathos?

Spectacle
Character
Moral
Nations

Answer 1

Moral becuase the way it's written insinuates that moral and pathos mean the same thing