When the narrator expresses that there is “something queer” about the colonial mansion they have rented for the summer for her recovery, she writes, “john laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.”

which of the following statement is the most accurate interpretation of john's reaction?
a. her husband thinks of her as a comedian trying to make him laugh at her humorous view of the house.
b. her husband believes her observations are accurate and so laughs in amusement at her astute scrutiny of the rented house.
c. her husband's laughter is condescending as he thinks of her observations as foolish.
d. her husband knows that the narrator is overreacting and as a result, laughs at her observations as a way of dismissing her observations as absurd.

c..her husbands laughter is condescending as he thinks of her observations as foolish

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

hope this !

1 - a

2 - a

3 - c

4 - b

5 - d