"how sad it is! i shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. but this picture will remain always young. it will never be older than this particular day of june. . if it was only the other way! if it was i who were to be always young, and the picture that were to grow old! for this—for this—i would give everything! yes, there is nothing in the whole world i would not give! "

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i believe it is d.) previous creature

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.