Question

read the excerpt from midnight assassin.
as glaspell struggled to understand and describe margaret hossack, her accounts alternated between thot that portrayed margaret hossack as maternal and frail—anxious to see her family; tired and worn by the course of events—and those that depicted her as lacking in the typical emotional and feminine traits—not hysterical, but emotionless and dry-eyed; not weak, but determined and wilful; not soft-featured, but squar jawed and hard.

the excerpt supports the idea that the newspaper stories glaspell wrote about margaret hossack were
○ clear and well-researched.
○ objective and emotionless.
○ consistent and fact-based
○ inconsistent and opinion-based.

Explanation:

The excerpt states Glaspell's accounts of Margaret Hossack shifted between portraying her as maternal/frail and as emotionless/determined, showing conflicting, opinion-driven descriptions rather than consistent facts or neutrality.

Answer:

D. inconsistent and opinion-based.