Read this excerpt from the way to rainy mountain. they lived at first in the mountains. they did not yet know of tai-me, but this is what they knew: there was a man and his wife. how does the style of language used in this excerpt affect the tone?

The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her." in this sentence, the term "usurpations" carries the connotation a) indicative of intense debate. b) suggestive of violent injustice. c) suggestive of articulate slander. d) indicative of controlling retribution.