Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
the muttering retreats
of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
and sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
how is this excerpt an example of dramatic monologue?
the narrator is addressing the audience directly.
the narrator is able to see into two character’s heads.
the narrator is jumping from one topic to the next topic.
the narrator is using long, interconnected sentences.

The answer is A. The narrator is addressing the audience directly

Answer and explanation:

The excerpt we are analyzing here belongs to the famous poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", by T. S. Eliot. The speaker in the poem is the character, Prufrock, who suffers for not being able to convey his feelings to other people. He is shy and anxious, always predicting the worst case scenario when considering human interactions.

The poem itself is a dramatic monologue. The speaker is addressing someone, unveiling his thoughts and emotions, his fears and concerns. Since the poem does not offer an interlocutor to Prufrock's words, it is safe to assume he is speaking directly to his audience, to his readers ("The narrator is addressing the audience directly" is the best answer for that reason). When he says, "you and I", or "let us", it is the reader he is inviting, as if the reader is the only friend he'll ever have. They do not need to interact, though. Prufrock is speaking his mind, but he does not wish a response - he might even fear it. It is enough that the reader knows his thoughts; life shall go on for all, happily or unhappily.

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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