Read the excerpt from act ii, scene iii of romeo and juliet.
nurse: now, afore god, i am so vexed, that every part about me quivers. scurvy knave! pray you, sir, a word; and as i told you, my young lady bade me inquire you out; what she bid me say i will keep to myself; but first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her into a fool’s paradise, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they say: for the gentlewoman is young; and, therefore, if you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill thing to be offered to any gentlewoman, and very weak dealing.
which word from the passage best describes the overall tone?
a. vexed
b. gross
c. young
d. weak

D weak.

Explanation:

Vexed looks like it is the guiding word. Actually it is not. Vexed actually refers indirectly to Mercutio's outrageous remarks (though funny, he does have a bit of a foul mouth). The nurse is actually talking to Peter whom she wonders why he didn't defend her.  So that's all fun in R and J and I wouldn't use vexed as the answer, tempting as it is.

You are really stuck if you can't used vexed. The other words are really not a choice.

After using the term vexed she turns to Romeo. Her speech turns to him when she says Pray you, sir, a word;  She is telling Romeo that if he takes of advantage of Juliet, it would be very poor behavior indeed. That's what the weak dealing is all about. He'd be a rat to do that to her.

This is one of those questions I understand why you posted it. It is very confusing. I'm going to use the word weak which in this speech means immoral. But I'm not at all certain. If vexed is the answer they want, then the question is incorrect. She is warning him not to exhibit weak or immoral behavior, because Juliet is so sheltered.

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human

for me this my answer o fortunately, they did not notice, and i could pretend not to care.​   i hope this you