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Pie
3 years ago
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Select the correct answer. What tone does the author use in this excerpt from Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridg

e," which discusses the hanging of an enemy combatant? The company faced the bridge, staring stonily, motionless. The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues to adorn the bridge. The captain stood with folded arms, silent, observing the work of his subordinates, but making no sign. Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference. The man who was engaged in being hanged was apparently about thirty-five years of age. He was a civilian, if one might judge from his habit, which was that of a planter. His features were good—a straight nose, firm mouth, broad forehead, from which his long, dark hair was combed straight back, falling behind his ears to the collar of h
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Tanzania [10]3 years ago
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Answer:

Sympathetic and regretful.

Explanation:

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a short story written by Ambrose Bierce in 1890. The main plot covers the effects and brutality of the war. In the war there is no value for a human life and their death just becomes an occurrence as if nobody cares about their existence. There is no beauty romance or fame in the war it just brings disaster to everyone life.

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