Read the passage.
excerpt from Act II, Scene 2, in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Hermia
[Awakening]
Help me, Lysander, help me! Do thy best
To pluck this crawling serpent from my breast.
Ay me, for pity! What a dream was here!
Lysander, look how I do quake with fear.
Methought a serpent ate my heart away,
And you sat smiling at his cruel prey.
Which mood does the imagery of Hermia’s dream create in this excerpt?
A. The image of the serpent eating Hermia’s heart creates a frightening mood.
B. The image of the crawling serpent creates a suspenseful mood.
C. The image of Hermia crying in the wood creates a sad mood.
D. The image of Lysander encouraging the serpent to attack Hemia creates an angry mood.
