A central idea of a text is the author's overall idea that is presented throughout the text that is thoroughly supported.
Answer:
Its the person who is talking in the poem because its first-person
The correct answer is C.
The comic tone of the play is solely given by the characters' calm reaction to the the huge fire that is surely to burn down the whole hotel.
If the characters were to react like normal people would -screaming and panicking- the play would lose its whole essense.