Question

Which word best describes the mood of this passage?

Malvolio: Madam, you have done me wrong. Notorious wrong! Lady, peruse that letter. You must not deny it is your hand. Tell me why you bade me come smiling and cross-gartered to you, to put on yellow stockings! And, acting this, why have you suffered me to be imprisoned. Tell me why!

A.
nervous

B.
depressed

C.
outraged

D.
exhausted

Answer 1

The word which best describes the mood of this passage is:

C. outraged

The person talking is angry because he was betrayed by using false accusations that will cost him imprisonment. He was referring to the handwritten letter which is the item in question as his. The exclamation point also denotes forceful declaration.