Read the excerpt from a short story. i her again for the cake, and quietly retreated from the porch. a blast of air conditioning assailed me as i reentered our home and closed the summer heat behind me. placing the cake on the table with the others, i noted its carefully scalloped frosting with mounting sadness. clutching the doorjamb, i suppressed a sob. the reality of our loss would wait. which words from the excerpt convey the tone? “” and “retreated” “assailed” and “reentered” “placing” and “scalloped” “clutching” and “suppressed

Clutching and suppressed are the words that convey the tone.

Clutching, as per the Merriam Webster's dictionary is the action to grasp or hold with or as if with the hand or claws usually strongly, tightly or suddenly.

Suppressed, as per the Merriam Webster's dictionary and related to this story is to restrain from a usual course or action; inhibit the growth or development of; to inhibit the genetic expression of.

These words, given their definitions, provide a tone in which the character shows anxiety and desperation.

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explanation:

it ends with a marriage, but also with prospero giving up his power.

the tempest is a play written by william shakespeare between 1610-1611, it narrates the story of prospero a magician that sets a storm to wreck a ship, this sets the story to kill the king of naples. while it is a romantic style play, it isn´t traditional because of the ending, it end with the marriage and the magician giving up his powers.