In "the piece of string," the old man is accused of taking the wallet. which best analyzes how this conflict develops the plot? a. it resolves the main conflict of the story by demonstrating that master hauchecorne is an untrustworthy character who has concealed the theft. b. it is part of the rising action of the story, which builds the reader's suspense about how master hauchecorne will prove his innocence. c. it serves as the falling action of the story, which resolves the tension about whether master hauchecorne will use the string. d. it is the climax of the story, as this is the point in the story where master hauchecorne undergoes a dramatic change in his personality.

The correct answer is:

B. It is part of the rising action of the story, which builds the reader's suspense about how master Hauchecorne will prove his innocence.

Explanation:

The piece of string was written by Guy de Maupassant in 1883 and it's about a  poor man named Maitre Hauchecorne that one day takes a piece of string he found lying on the ground and is seen by a well known man named Maitre Malandain, who accuses Hauchecorne when a wallet goes missing, and how society believes in the well known man even when the wallet is found and Hauchecorne's innocence is proved.

The part where Malandain accuses Hauchecorne of stealing the wallet is the rising action of the story because it develops the major conflict in the story, which is how Hauchecorne was falsely accused by Malandain and the climax happens when the wallet is returned to his owner, and still society believes Hauchecorne is a thief.

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

c? not a 100% sure

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