Compound-complex sentences are the most complicated sentences, like the name implies. A compound-complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. In simple terms, an independent clause can be a sentence on its own while a dependent clause cannot be a complete sentence.
Compound-complex sentences let us express longer thoughts, with more parts than other sentences let us use. They’re good tools for explaining complicated ideas or describing long chains of events.
There were less peasants to work so wages were higher, land value fell, most govt. officials were dead, the people believed less in the church because they were all dying
C. They reveal how the characters’ moods change.