"It is a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work".
Aka: a before hand explanation of what's coming ahead, whether it tells the ending, or provides extra information that the actual work doesn't.
Answer:
Abigail Adams describes herself as feeling cheerful and lighthearted in the March 31st (opening) section of her “Letter to John Adams." This is :
C. because the immediate military threat has been lifted from the Boston area
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To Desdemona, it is a symbol of Othello’s love. It’s used to manipulate Othello into thinking that Desdemona has betrayed him so to Othello the handkerchief goes from a symbol of Desdemona’s fidelity to evidence of her infidelity.