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Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
He [Hyde] turned a dreadful smile to me, and as if with the decision of despair, plucked away the sheet. At sight of the contents, he uttered one loud sob of such immense relief that I sat petrified. And the next moment, in a voice that was already fairly well under control, "Have you a graduated glass?” he asked.
How does the point of view affect how information is revealed in the excerpt?
The narration directly reveals Hyde’s thoughts.
The narration directly reveals Hyde’s feelings.
Hyde’s feelings are revealed through his actions.
Hyde’s feelings are revealed through his dialogue.
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Correct answers: Hyde’s feelings are revealed through his actions and through his dialogue.
Explanation: the narrator is an outside observer ("I sat petrified") and doesn’t get into Hyde’s mind, so the narration doesn’t directly report Hyde’s thoughts. Instead the reader infers his emotion from what he does (the “loud sob of such immense relief,” plucking away the sheet) and from how he speaks (his voice “fairly well under control,” the question he asks).
Explanation: the narrator is an outside observer ("I sat petrified") and doesn’t get into Hyde’s mind, so the narration doesn’t directly report Hyde’s thoughts. Instead the reader infers his emotion from what he does (the “loud sob of such immense relief,” plucking away the sheet) and from how he speaks (his voice “fairly well under control,” the question he asks).
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