The Mysteries of Udolpho

Which option most accurately describes how Emily’s emotions are reflected in this description?

Read the excerpt from The Mysteries of Udolpho, which describes the castle as Emily approaches.

While they waited till the servant within should come to open the gates, she anxiously surveyed the edifice: but the gloom, that overspread it, allowed her to distinguish little more than a part of its outline, with the massy walls of the ramparts, and to know, that it was vast, ancient and dreary. From the parts she saw, she judged of the heavy strength and extent of the whole. The gateway before her, leading into the courts, was of gigantic size, and was defended by two round towers, crowned by overhanging turrets, embattled, where, instead of banners, now waved long grass and wild plants, that had taken root among the mouldering stones, and which seemed to sigh, as the breeze rolled past, over the desolation around them.

Which option most accurately describes how Emily’s emotions are reflected in this description?

A. Words like “heavy strength,” “defended,” and “embattled” show that Emily feels like a prisoner in this life with Montoni.
B. Words like “ancient,” “mouldering,” and “desolation” show that Emily feels sick with worry about her future at the castle.
C. Words like “gateway,” “overspread,” and “vast” show that Emily feels lost and confused away from her old life.
D. Words like “surveyed,” “distinguish,” and “judged” show that Emily feels she must remain strong as she continues.

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B. Words like “ancient,” “mouldering,” and “desolation” show that Emily feels sick with worry about her future at the castle.

Note, D was also a possibility. I also used the word "anxious" in choosing.