Read this stanza from “A Psalm of Life.” Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!— For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. What does the word slumbers most likely mean?doubts awakens

sleeps

blames

What kinds of images does the word "twinkling" suggest? dirt, earth, poverty, race leaves, trees, green, spring stars, dreams, looking upward, heaven darkness, sadness, loneliness, isolation they eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair. dinner is a casual affair. plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood, tin flatware. two who are mostly good. two who have lived their day, but keep on putting on their clothes and putting things away. and remembering, with twinklings and twinges, as they lean over the beans in their rented back room that is full of beads and receipts and dolls and cloths. tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes.

What interactions did berthine have with other chaacters in the story the prisoners by guy de maupassant?

Which type of characterization is used in the excerpt to reveal claire’s character traits? indirect, direct, both or neither