Answer:
Depicting a staff as snakelike could possibly mean that it is just shaped a way a snake is; what I mean is that it may just be twirly or curvy. However if you are relating it towards symbolism it may represent evil, and possibly sneaky because snakes tend to be associated with being sly and representing the devil, which is again evil/darkness.
Answer:
1) Exposition
Explanation:
The speaker is giving an explanation/background information of why they want to kill the old man to inform readers before they actually do it (mainly to tell readers their purpose/ thoughts of future actions).
If the man's father is his son, then the man is his grandson. :)
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.
