Answer:
A. mutt
Explanation:
To use a word denotatively implies to use the word in its literal sense. The literal meaning of a word is its denotative meaning.
A mutt literally means a dog, the meaning of the rest of the sentence also agrees with the writers use of word 'mutt'.
Hence the word was used denotatively.
1. nature
2. society
3. others
4. self
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>
