... monastic graves. In the second paragraph the author explains that Cloisterham, because of its religious status it was unwilling to show any hospitality to anyone with unworthy desires and not of the same religious statute as their inhabitants. Also in the same paragraph he introduces social classes and social divides, were he tells of how the decomposed bodies of the Bishops and Archbishops were fertilising the fields of the farmers, indicating that the less fortunate have inherited the richness and wealth of the hierarchy. The use of archaic language is more prevalent in the 3rd paragraph and this tells me that the passage was written in the 19th century. Alliteration is also at work in this paragraph, So silent are the streets of Cloisterham, that of a summer-day the sunblinds of its shops scarce dare to flap in the south wind. Again this tells the reader of the importance of a ...

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