Question

(MC) Read these lines from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: The cold wind seemed to blow colder there than outside the gate; and it made a shrill noise in howling in and out at the open sides of the brewery, like the noise of wind in the rigging of a ship at sea. What overall impression does this description give of the house the narrator is approaching? The house is forbidding and a bit frightening. The house seems like an adventure to explore. The house holds many unexpected surprises. The house makes unexpected but light-hearted sounds.

Answer 1

The overall impression the description gives is that the house is forbidding and a bit frightening.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the lines we are analyzing from "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens, the house seems forbidding and frightening due to the imagery and the word choice. The author appeals to the readers' senses when he describes the wind as being cold (touch) and howling (hearing). The fact that the wind is colder as it blows in and out of the house than it is outside of the gates also causes a terror-like impression, as if something ominous hides in the house. Besides that, an adjective such as shrill to describe the noise can make picturing the scene more disturbing, since people tend to dislike shrill noises.

Answer 2

The overall impression that this description gives of the house that the narrator is approaching in these lines from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is: The house is forbidding and a bit frightening.

The lines shows how the house seems to be frightening due to its sounds and setting.