The answer would be d, a character who acts in opposition. Ant(i) means against, so an antagonist would be against the main character.
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The story presents the possibility that the lottery is dying out. For example, a passage in the seventh paragraph indicates that the villagers have already permitted certain parts of the lottery ritual to be lost. [A]t one time, some people remembered, there had been a recital of some sort, performed by the official of the lottery, a perfunctory, tuneless chant that had been rattled off duly each year; some people believed that the official of the lottery used to stand just so when he said or sang it, others believed that he was supposed to walk among the people, but years and years ago this part of the ritual had been allowed to lapse. There had been, also, a ritual salute, which the official of the lottery had had to use in addressing each person who came up to draw from the box, but this also had changed with time, until now it was felt necessary only for the official to speak to each person approaching.
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Romantic poetry is sometimes criticized because it is too objective or subjective. Hope I helped!
I think it might possibly be D. sorry if it is not correct
Here is a sentence: As she was leaving, I was watching her from my car, heavy-hearted, recalling with melancholy the days we had spent together. The context clue of restatement or synonym here is heavy-hearted. Even if the reader doesn't know the meaning of the word melancholy, they will get a hint to its meaning from this restatement.
