It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's frie
nd Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message. She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. Which best describes the narrative voice?
In this excerpt, <em><u>the author uses an omniscient narrator to reveal the thoughts and motivations of multiple characters in the story</u></em>. An omniscient narrator is one who is aware of everything that is happening in a story, including the personal thoughts of the characters. This is a point of view that is often compared to that of a god, who is all-knowing. The narrator uses this voice in order to reveal what multiple characters think and feel about the events being described.
