The best answer is A) Reverent
This excerpt refers to the American Revolution (Columbia was often a way of referring to America at the time). The tone is reverent, meaning admiring or adoring. She describes the celestial choir enthroned in realms of light, which paints an almost god-like picture of the Revolution and the values that the Americans were fighting for.
This statement is correct because the novel accurately and vividly depicts the gap between Victorian moral ideals and their absolute subversion and degradation. When deformed and hideous Mr. Hyde knocks down a little girl in the passage, it is almost a metaphor for his knocking down everything that is sacred and valued within his society - and the girl herself is a symbol of innocence. A couple of months later, he beats a man to death, displaying his urge for violence. But the most disturbing fact is that he is the same person as Dr. Jekyll, a well respected and decent man of high standing in his society, who can't bear to give up on his evil alter-ego. It depicts the fact that the more the society tries to restrain our dark urges, the stronger and more irresistible they become.
Answer:
He is obsessed with the ring, like many others before him, he did not like the party or the people that much and thought about his ring which is why he often used it when he wanted to leave.
Considering that everyone knew Bilbo and was accustomed to his wild stories of adventuring, they tend to believed that it was just another one of Bilbo's tricks, even though it was a bit awkward for them that he disappeared in such a manner.
Explanation:
Bilbo had the ring for years in which he used it only when he needed it since he can never separated himself from it.
He is obsessed with the ring, like many others before him, he did not like the party or the people that much and thought about his ring which is why he often used it when he wanted to leave.
Considering that everyone knew Bilbo and was accustomed to his wild stories of adventuring, they tend to believed that it was just another one of Bilbo's tricks, even though it was a bit awkward for them that he disappeared in such a manner.
