Question

(MC) Read these lines from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens:

It was a rimy morning, and very damp. I had seen the damp lying on the outside of my little window, as if some goblin had been crying there all night, and using the window for a pocket-handkerchief.

What does the phrase “crying there all night” suggest about the narrator’s feelings?

The narrator thinks the place is wonderful.
The narrator thinks the story is long.
The narrator thinks the story is boring.
The narrator thinks the place is depressing.

Answer 1

the narrator thinks the place is depressing. that is what i choose

Answer 2

The narrator thinks the place is depressing.

Step-by-step explanation:

"Crying all night" is usually associated with great sadness and discontent, so when the narrator says that the place where he was was wet "as if some goblin had cried there all night" he is associating the place with sadness and melancholy capable of making a living being cry all night long. For this reason, we can conclude that for the narrator the place where he spent the night was depressing, melancholy and sad. There was no happiness there, only sadness.