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the protagonist is the main character of the story. the antagonist is the opposer or combatant working against the protagonist or leading characters goal.
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B. In the absence of surprise, a witty remark loses much of its humorous effect.
Explanation:
Answer B
Correct. In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the author makes the claim that “merriment” (amusement) can be produced only by “a sudden impression,” that is, a surprise. In the second sentence of the paragraph, the author advances that claim by using the clause “which is expected” to assert that jests (witty remarks) lacking such an element of surprise (because the audience is expecting them) lose much of their humor and are thus effectively “already destroyed.”
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Jane's obsession with the Gulliver's Travels book and Bessie's song indicates the character of the narrator.
Explanation: The excerpt mentions a narrator who is presumably Jane herself who talks about Bessie who is her nursemaid and who fetches the Gulliver's Travels book for Jane which Jane loves to read very much.
Jane dreams about the places mentioned in the book and the various strange plants, animals and people which are discovered by Gulliver on his fictional voyage to the different islands.
She also pays attention to the song that Bessie sings and on her sweet voice but how the song now feels like a refrain and not a joyful song.
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