Because it is so old that it helps keep the feeling of the poem going
In looking at the answer choices, a few can be dismissed immediately. From the passage it doesn't seem that the dismissal of the narrator's questions affects her too much. Therefore we can eliminate answers that show a drastic change in the narrator's emotions (the narrator feeling inadequate, lacking control, and fearing she may be doomed). The only answer left is that the narrator is dismissed. In gothic literature women are often seen as helpless, innocent victims.
Answer:
let him decide what he wants to do??
I wrote a short story that took up an entire summer day...
Still I'm not sure that is the answer you are looking for so please explain better if I'm not answering correctly.
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-Miri
