She had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt. nextreset

The author uses third person omniscient point of view in this excerpt.
You can see that the author uses third person - the pronoun she is third person personal pronoun.
Omniscient means that we are shown what a character is thinking - something we wouldn't be able to know if the author didn't tell us.

- They have unappealing connotations, which helps the speaker use a mocking tone to insult death by saying he is usually found in unappealing places.

Explanation:

Word-choice play a vital role in the conveying the intended meaning and message of the audience.

As per the question, the response i.e. 'They have unappealing connotations, which helps the speaker use a mocking tone to insult death by saying he is usually found in unappealing places' most evidently elaborates the influence of the words 'poyson, warre, and sicknesse.' The author conveys an unpleasant implication through these words that assists him to adopt a mocking attitude which maligns death('slave to fate') by asserting that it is generally found in dreary locations and places.