Read the excerpt from the awakening. the very first chords which mademoiselle reisz struck upon the piano sent a keen tremor down mrs. pontellier's spinal column. it was not the first time she had heard an artist at the piano. perhaps it was the first time she was ready, perhaps the first time her being was tempered to take an impress of the abiding truth. she waited for the material pictures which she thought would gather and blaze before her imagination. she waited in vain. she saw no pictures of solitude, of hope, of longing, or of despair. but the very passions themselves were aroused within her soul, swaying it, lashing it, as the waves daily beat upon her splendid body. she trembled, she was choking, and the tears blinded her. which best explains why the author reveals a moment of epiphany for mrs. pontellier in the excerpt?
a. the author is introducing the reader to the character of mademoiselle reisz as part of the novel’s exposition.
b. the author is describing mrs. pontellier’s reaction to the music of mademoiselle reisz as part of the falling action.
c. the author is developing mrs. pontellier’s internal conflict as part of the novel’s rising action.
d. the author is illustrating mrs. pontellier’s solution to the novel’s main problem as part of the resolution.