I believe the answer is B it makes the most sense
Answer c seems the most reasonable, but b could work as well
<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.
Words such as "expire," "death," and "ashes" give Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" give the tone of : Sad and Gloomy