Which words best describe the tone of these lines from William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"?
Only a man of Colonel Sartoris' generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it.
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So the next day we all said, "She will kill herself"; and we said it would be the best thing.

ironic, grim, hopeless

curious, bitter, sad

reverent, sincere

evenhanded, fair

Question

Which words best describe the tone of these lines from William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"?
Only a man of Colonel Sartoris' generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it.
...
So the next day we all said, "She will kill herself"; and we said it would be the best thing.

ironic, grim, hopeless 

curious, bitter, sad 

reverent, sincere 

evenhanded, fair

anonymous · Answer

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