How do the homicide rates or deaths in warfare from the past compare to today?

Based on the information in the passage, what conclusion can the reader make?

What is the most likely inference a reader can make about eliza's emotional state

Awriter uses exposition to describe the setting of the story, an empty mansion that is dark and foreboding. then he introduces the reader to the two main characters, a couple who are young and naïve. what emotion is the author most likely trying to create in the reader through this exposition?