Why does the author take his time in describing Jacinto's return?
to build suspense
to make the story longer
to show Jacinto's treachery.
to show the servants' fear
to show that the Marqués's imagination was not realistic

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he is voicing feelings shared by all humans regardless of race.

in paul laurence dunbar's poem "we wear the mask," he replicates the words mask and we to emphasize how people in general -not just black americans- hide their true feelings. he suggests the masks cover people's faces and eyes, which are the main parts that display their emotions. he also thinks people's pain conceal behind those masks, so that they cannot see reality and nobody is able to see one another's sorrow.

the eye wink at the hand; yet let that be / which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.

answer: from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people

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