Yes, it seems to be an alternative, in some situations acceptable, but eccentric and not neutral spelling of this word. It accents the fact that "ea" here are two separate vowels rather than a diphthong: that is the function of the trema (the two dots).
In practice it's not used much, because it's not really necessary: it does not distinguish it from any other word, and trema is not easy to find on English keyboards: so there is no need.
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Distraction as a way of survival
Explanation:
The narrator speaks about how difficult is to keep on living watching all the survivors around her. Because she's seen death, but what strikes her completely is the living, so she says her "one saving grace is distraction", so she focuses on colors, and other details so as not to think about the destruction that suffocates her.
I didn't read the text that goes along with this but based on the information, I would say the answer is D. I hope this helps!
It would depend because being loyal to your country benefits more people but being loyal to your friend is more special because obviously they are your friend, you have known them and like them. But again, it would depend on the situation.
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Poe uses his words economically in the “Tell-Tale Heart”—it is one of his shortest stories—to provide a study of paranoia and mental deterioration. Poe strips the story of excess detail as a way to heighten the murderer’s obsession with specific and unadorned entities: the old man’s eye, the heartbeat, and his own claim to sanity.
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