Select the correct answer. what social issue does kate chopin primarily depict in her story "the story of an hour"? a. the defeatist attitude of genteel nineteenth-century women b. the inner concerns of ordinary women in the nineteenth century c. the abusive treatment women commonly suffered in the nineteenth century d. the establishment of traditional gender roles that confined women to the kitchen e. the rise and spread of patriarchy to all the major institutions in society

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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