Greyson was about to leave when Maestor Stradish raised a gnarled hand and bade him stay. Did Maestor Stradish ask politely? Explain.

Maestor Stradish did not ask politely

Explanation:  From the statement  or description,''Maestor Stradish raised a gnarled hand and bade him to stay'', shows that he is an old man because the from the use of the word gnarled it tell us he is an old man. The word gnarled is an adjective which means something rugged, rough, bent, twisted or knotty like the trunk of an old oak tree or the skin of an old person cause they have lines on their skin.

Maestor Stradish only raised a gnarled hand, which means his old twisted hand to bade Greyson to stay. Raising his gnarled hand does not necessarily mean that he asked politely or nicely. The sentence only describes how raised his old twisted hand to ask him to stay.

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first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.