The answer would be C.
Since this isn't a flashback, first person, or doesn't lead to anything stressful.
It uses a lot of different words to add on the the terror of the "Death swamp," such as ooze, desperate, hopeless, or even viciously.
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This particular excerpt addresses the theme of honor. Brutus here implies that he will not go to Rome because of the awareness he himself holds within his 'great mind'. Within the play, Brutus's honor also becomes his weakness, due to his expectations of others to act similarly to himself.
Fitzgerald wants to portray and characterize the US society in the 30s. By making this question about race and their opinion about it, the author intends to characterize American society as competitive, a value that is repeated throughout the story. One of the main purpose of the novel, in fact, is to show how competitive, materialistic, and full of glamour the society is, especially the people who live in East Egg like Tom and Daisy.
The answer would be 3, a preposition or a conjunction. Hope this helped.