( I darkened her eyes with kohl and the years fell away more; She was so pitifully young I could hardly believe she was to be ma
rried today.) Identify the word in the excerpt that has a connotative meaning and explain the significance of the word, and whether the meaning holds a positive or a negative emotion.
Pitifully indicates that something or someone is worthy of mercy.
The connotative meaning of a word makes reference to the feelings connected to it. In this case, pitifully has a negative connotation because it stimulates pessimistic or unfavorable emotions.
According to beowulf, after killing Grendel's mother (modo in Old English) with an ancient sword that he had found He beheaded her. He cut her head off to present it to Hrothgar who was the king of Spears-Danes.
