By evoking opposition, the paragraph creates rising
action and suspense.
Explanation:
The italicized paragraph is a reflection of Ithenhiel’s figment of his imagination, and not necessarily his past. This figment of his imagination as depicted by this paragraph creates rising action and suspense. Also, what is depicted in the paragraph does not suggest there any future conflict in Ithenhiel’s family. Rather, we can infer that this paragraph evokes opposition revealing Ithenhiel’s own thought, thereby creating rising action and suspense.
I think the sentence that best supports this is "I will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness in my eyes."
