How is lady macbeth a tragic heroine? a her love for her husband was not returned. b her courage in the face of danger has come to nothing. c her active imagination has brought her to the brink of madness. d her ambition has led her to suffer tremendous guilt.

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion