How does nikolai gogol readers achieve a suspension of disbelief in "the nose"?
a. by using ordinary language to describe the events surrounding the nose's disappearance
b. by describing the nose using words or phrases that suggest a sense of the magical
c. by setting the story in a supernatural place and allowing the nose to be the most realistic element
d. by focusing on the magical and supernatural elements associated with the nose

In the story entitled "The Nose", the narrator described events that were associated with the disappearance of the nose in very ordinary manner. The plot is such that the story is still very ordinarily written even though the events are already very magical. Thus, the answer for this item should be letter A. 

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#1: what is the simile that occurs in lines 43-47 (below)? give exact words for just the simile. #2: explain what frost means by this comparison.

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

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