Read the excerpt from “The Monkey's Paw.” But the days passed, and expectation gave place to resignation – the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled, apathy. Sometimes they hardly exchanged a word, for now they had nothing to talk about, and their days were long to weariness. Which choice best helps show the mood in the excerpt? the hope that Herbert will come home the use of such words as “expectation” and “hardly exchanged” the number of days that pass after Herbert’s death the use of such words as “hopeless resignation” and “weariness”

the use of such words as “hopeless resignation” and “weariness”

Explanation:

In literature, mood helps in defining the feelings or the vibe which the writer wants to create in the mind of the readers. The mood helps in explaining the scene and adding a description to it.

In the excerpt given from the story "The Monkey's Paw", the sad and hopeless mood has been created. The choice of words helps in creating the mood. Herbert's uncertain death was the reason that has to create a gloomy situation among his parents.

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