The quote I chose for the final draft is: "Our age is bewailed as the age of Introversion. Must that needs be evil? We, it seems, are critical; we are embarrassed with second thoughts; we cannot enjoy any thing for hankering to know whereof the pleasure consists; we are lined with eyes; we see with our feet; the time is infected with Hamlet's unhappiness,--"Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.”
These are the following words that I found to cause the reader some confusion:
1. "Age of Introversion": The key word to look at is Introversion, which is regarded as someone who keeps to him- or herself, rather than to meet people. The diction found in the quote relate to the idea of thinking. The possible interpretations are "age of self-thinking," "age of self-analysis," and "age of shyness."
2. At first glance, "Critical" can mean anything. However, one has to keep in mind that the general definition is not having to approve something. To tie in with our first interpretation, a possible clear word is not approving extroverted activities.
3. "Second thoughts" cold mean "doubts" to show how people with doubts are individualistic.
4. "Any thing" can mean any word. Based from this quote, it could mean: "life," "action," or "happiness."
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