Describe the narrator’s relationship with each of her daughters. a. she condemns maggie but protects dee. b. she is protective of maggie but competitive with dee. c. she worries about maggie but she is scared of dee. d. she is close with maggie but intimidated by dee.

B. She is protective of Maggie but competitive with Dee.

Explanation:

The narrator of the story, is a solid, adoring mother who is here and there undermined and loaded by her girls, Dee and Maggie, Gentle and stern, her internal monolog offers us a look at the breaking points of a mother's unlimited love.

Mama (the narrator) is ruthlessly fair and frequently basic in her evaluation of both Dee and Maggie. She brutally portrays modest, shriveling Maggie's restrictions, and Dee incites a much progressively pointed assessment.

the difference between an explicit and implicit meaning is that the explicit meaning of a poem is that the detail is exactly defined. nothing is left to interpretation. an implicit meaning is an implied meaning. kabir's poetry is both explicit and implicit in that it can be interpreted on different levels. the explicit meaning leaves nothing to interpretation while the implicit meaning leaves lots open to interpretation. an example of this is found in the poem "rumi and the spiritual lover". 

i believe it is "“i’ll beat thee, but i would infect my hands.”

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