5) "I endeavoured to crush these fears, and to fortify myself for the trial which in a few months I resolved to undergo; and sometimes I allowed my thoughts, unchecked by reason, to ramble in the fields of Paradise, and dared to fancy amiable and lovely creatures sympathizing with my feelings and cheering my gloom; their angelic countenances breathed smiles of consolation. But it was all a dream: no Eve soothed my sorrows, or shared my thoughts; I was alone. I remembered Adam's supplication to his Creator; but where was mine? he had abandoned me; and, in the bitterness of my heart, I cursed him… The primary function of the last paragraph is to

a) emphasize the speaker's humanity
b) foreshadow the speaker's inner conflict
c) portray the speaker's determination
d) reveal the speaker's deepest fears
e) show the speaker's transformation