<u>Answer:</u>
The cake most likely symbolize <u>D: Lost love
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<u>Explanation:</u>
“Great Expectations” is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens. It is a story of an orphan, Pip, who is raised by blacksmith’s family. In his highs and lows, when he gains happiness and even when he loses that luck and happiness, Pip learns to find happiness during all of these. It is a simple story about affection, loyalty, class and wealth.
In the given passage we see the description of cake. Cake is kept in the middle of a long table and is covered with cobwebs which means that wedding did not take place. So, it symbolizes lost love.
In Alice Walker's short story, "Everyday Use", the quilts symbolize the African-American culture that Mama embraces and Wangeroo (Dee) attempts to reject of trivialize. Wangeroo is appalled that Mama would give Maggie the quilts, because Maggie would put them to "everyday use" instead of treating them as artifacts from a bygone age. The quilts help illustrate the schism between Mama and Wangeroo, and their opposed ideas about heritage -- or Mama, the quilts symbolize family unity and shared history; for Wangeroo, the quilts symbolize a past of slavery and oppression, objects to be put on display. When Mama gives the quilts to Maggie, it is a rejection of Wangeroo's attitude toward their shared heritage, but it is also a symbolic act -- the quilts, as symbols of family unity and history, are Maggie's birthright.
