Answer: The answer is, inner strength
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I believe that your answer is the first option due to how late the crying is, and unlike in "The Tell-Tale Heart" where the heart is constant and represents the slow descent of madness, the cry of the cat only appears at the end.
The portion of the story where it shows the speaker's madness is actually his looking for and finding similarities in the second cat and wishing to kill it.
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opposition noun
op·po·si·tion | \ˌä-pə-ˈzi-shən \
Definition of opposition
1 : a configuration (see CONFIGURATION sense 1b) in which one celestial (see CELESTIAL entry 1 sense 2) body is opposite another (such as the sun) in the sky or in which the elongation (see ELONGATION sense 1) is near or equal to 180 degrees
2 : the relation between two propositions having the same subject and predicate but differing in quantity or quality or both
3 : an act of setting opposite or over against : the condition of being so set
He spoke in opposition to the new law.
4 : hostile or contrary action or condition
offered strong opposition to the advance of the enemy
5a : something that opposes
specifically : a body of persons opposing something
Each candidate is focused on raising more money than the opposition.
b often capitalized : a political party opposing and prepared to replace the party in power
The opposition is likely to win the upcoming election.
Other Words from opposition
From the very beginning of the scene, as Benvolio is trying to get Mercutio to go home, Mercutio very clearly is trying to instigate a fight. When Tybalt approaches, all he does is sass him and turn his words around into jokes and puns. He says "And but one word with one of us? couple it with <span>something; make it a word and a blow," this taunting of Tybalt shows how badly he does want to fight. </span>