Which noun or pronoun does herself emphasize in the sentence below?

Mary herself brought the group project homework to our class and gave it to me.

A.
me
B.
Mary
C.
class
D.
our

This is the political, social, cultural, and economic 'time and place' surrounding the creation of a literary text.

Which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the story? a. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator has when walking alone at night. b. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer evenings spent with family. c. the phrase whispering and murmurs" suggests that the main character has fits of madness. d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that something is terribly wrong with society.

Why is figure of speech important in reading and writing?