D. “But only a host of phantom listeners That dwelt in the lone house then”
Explanation:
The house was empty and only phantoms/ ghosts still were in it at the time. There seemed to be nobody around when he finally arrived, because he was gone for so long.
Answer: while Duncan sleeps, she will give his chamberlains wine to make them drunk, and then she and Macbeth can slip in and murder Duncan. They will smear the blood of Duncan on the sleeping chamberlains to cast the guilt upon them.
Explanation:
The social issue that Kate Chopin primarily depicts in her story "The Story of an Hour" is the inner concerns of ordinary women in the nineteenth century.
I believe the answer is D) to show that he had lingered so long by the door, the wife felt that he had been there more than an entire day.
