Sadness frowned at him is basically saying he was depressed, I believe.
The spider smiling at a fly...well thats exactly what it means. the spider litterally smiled at the fly OR showed the fly his fangs
Answer:
The theme of The Story of My Life by Helen Keller is the power of perseverance to overcome great obstacles. Keller is struck with an illness when she is a very young child that makes her blind and deaf, and she exists in a world of confusion. Another theme of this book is the power of the right kind of education
Explanation:
Given that the plot is set in the nineteenth century, and that it is pretty realistic, I can safely conclude that the correct answer is 'realism'. The other answers don't fit, theme-wise, and the era they originated in: classicism and romanticism were before the 19th c., and postmodernism started in the 20th.