The traditions and customs of the speaker's native land.
The poem suggests that the speaker's native land has traditional clothing, is non-violent, and practices Catholicism. By spurning, or refusing to wear, the traditional clothes, the person is rejecting her culture in favor of fashion. The desire to use weapons that are unfamiliar also does against the customs of the culture as non-violent. Lastly, the plaster saints are indicative of a Catholic religion as well as kneeling prayer.
Pitifully
The word 'pitifully' in this excerpt is significant because it tells the reader the narrator's feelings towards the girl getting married. Without that word, there would not be the same level of insight or emotion into the narrator's thoughts. the word 'pitiful' has a negative connotation, if you are feeling pity for someone it means you do not think they should be in the situation they are in and wish you could help get them out of it. This tells the reader that the narrator feels the bride is far too young to be getting married and maybe it's something out of her control or that she is being forced into.
Favorable - "At this propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as a usurer in Boston."
Conciliatory - "He was sulky, however, and would not come to terms: she was to go again with a propitiatory offering, but what it was she forbore to say."
Dangerous - "Tom had long been picking his way through this treacherous forest; stepping from tuft to tuft of rushes and roots, which afforded precarious footholds among deep sloughs."
Bleak - "It was a dreary memento <span>struggle that had taken place in this last foothold of the Indian warriors. </span> memento of the fierce struggle that had taken place in this last foothold of the Indian warriors."
The Correct answer is C. people use the lights to brighten and mask the dreariness of their lives.
