Question

Meagre, indeed, and cold, was the sympathy that a transgressor might look for, from such bystanders at the scaffold. On the other hand, a penalty which, in our days, would infer a degree of mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a dignity as the punishment of death itself. Which best describes the purpose of the words “meagre,” “scaffold,” “stern,” and “punishment of death”?, indeed, and cold, was the sympathy that a transgressor might look for, from such bystanders at the scaffold. On the other hand, a penalty which, in our days, would infer a degree of mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a dignity as the punishment of death itself. Which best describes the purpose of the words “meagre,” “scaffold,” “stern,” and “punishment of death”?

Answer 1

The words used in the paragraph, meagre, scaffold, stern and punishment of death convey a lot of feelings.

They are of disapproving nature and do not support the views.

They also show a judgmental mood and a mood of deciding the right and wrong. These words add a lot to the paragraph.