Which of the following narrative scenarios best uses symbolism to convey a character’s loss of faith in romantic love?

a.) a wedding photo of a couple sits on their sons mantle long after they have died

b.) a watch that a man receives as an anniversary gift remind him of a heartbeat

c.) a set of prayer beads is continually pushed off a desk by a pile of mail

d.) a rose bush that a man plants for his fiancé withers and dies