Click to read the passage from The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. Then answer the question.
Which excerpt from the passage best contributes to the tension?
A. That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his
transformation.
B. "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist.
C. saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the
wallpaper
O D. Gregor was shut out from his mother, who, because of him, might
be near to death.

i believe that the answer is b! i hope i out!

answer :

the idiom "pride goes before a fall" means that being too proud causes one to make mistakes that eventually lead to failure or downfall.

in the stranger's story in the "the storyteller," bertha had won three medals for obedience, punctuality and good manners. she was really proud of her medals and pinned them to her dress and wore them everywhere she went so that everyone would know how good she was. in the end, these symbols of her excessive pride cost her her life. when she was hiding from the wolf in the bushes, it was the clinking of her medals that alerted his attention towards her presence and lead to her death.