Read the following excerpt from kate chopin's "the story of an hour," in which the protagonist, louise mallard, is contemplating her life after learning of the death of her husband. no; she was drinking the very elixir of life through that open window. her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. she breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. it was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long. based on the excerpt, what does the open window come to symbolize for louise? a. nature; staring out the window louise reconnect with nature and, in the process, rediscover her family’s identity now that she’s without a husband. b. escape; staring out the window is a means of escaping from the monotony and tediousness of life that louise experiences on a regular basis. c. independence; staring out the window makes her aware of the life that lies before her, as well as the personal liberty she has within her reach. d. sadness; staring out the window evokes a feeling of sadness within her as she views the world moving on, while she is stuck in her house without the comfort of her husband. e. opportunity; staring out the window opens her eyes to the economic possibilities life presents, even when confronted with hardships and tragedies.

heritage? culture? religion? gene? trait?

do you have part b? ?

explanation:

explanation:

yessum

the metamorphosis is based on an evident father-son problem. this story shows, as a result of the unthinkable transformation of the son in an insect, the deformation and destruction of the individual caused by the authoritarian and hierarchical structures of the family. the narrative begins with the transformation into an insect of enormous proportions of the traveling salesman gregor samsa, a lonely, introverted and submissive, who keeps his family with his work. when he worked, he was appreciated by everyone, but, now that he can not work, he is despised, especially by his father, but this is going to be joined, painfully for the protagonist, first his mother and, finally, his own sister, grete, with whom he had held a special relationship of complicity and affection for many years.

condemned by a deep sense of responsibility, gregor fears the reaction that his frightful aspect will incite in his family. he feels guilty for not being able to continue being useful to the beings he maintained. his own family, however, is ashamed and runs away from him, and even tyrannizes and resists him. the father, of a severe and despotic character, humiliates him and treats him with great cruelty. all his attempts to escape from the confinement to which he is subjected in his own room fail before the hostile rejection of the beings that surround him. prisoner in his lair and unable to continue playing the only function of making money he had, finally chooses, with the consent of his parents and sister, to die of starvation. with this, he is freed from a servile and unhappy existence. the family appreciates gregor while he fulfills the interests. but when he is unable to continue earning money, it becomes a problem, a shame, and family relationships begin to become tense, until coexistence becomes impossible.