Answer:
in a way that is free from outside control or influence.
"the independently run museum receives no public funding"
without outside help; unaided.
"disabled people living independently in their own homes"
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The excerpt contains the first sentences of the story. The story revolves around a woman who is informed about the tragic death of her husband. After learning the fact she acts differently that the reader is confused whether she is in grief or she feels joyful or in extreme explanation she started acting abnormally. Reviewers of the story debated about the unhappy marriage of Mrs. Mallard. The reader can find the implications later in the story. But because of the insecurities and worries felt towards Mrs. Mallard the reader can yield from the introduction that the correct answer is A.
react by someone's opinion make it positive make it easy to communicate without any hesitation