What is the significance of the omniscient narration in "the open boat" by stephen crane?
a.
the omniscient narrator's overview of all the characters provides a foreshadowing of the ending.
b.
the detached perspective of the omniscient narrator emphasizes nature's indifference toward humans.
c.
the omniscient narrator's reverent tone toward the sea indicates that nature is more important than man.
d.
the omniscient narrator's compassionate tone toward the characters shows respect for human endurance.

A. The omniscient narrator's overview of all the characters provides a foreshadowing of the ending.

Explanation:

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the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

malvolio only loves olivia because he thinks if they get married to olivia he will have a noble title, people to serve him, and fine clothes to wear. also he thinks if they get married he will have many expensive things, and he thinks he will be able to order toby around. malvolio only wants to be noble and boss people around he dose not really love olivia. but viola love for duke orsino is real she really loves orsino.

i think he will fail because he tried to get her to love him and she said oh, you are sick of self-love, malvolio. there is no slander in an allowed fool. so i think she knows what malvolio is trying to do. she knows that he only wants to marry her because he wants to be noble and boss people around so that it why i think she said oh, you are sick of self-love, malvolio. there is no slander in an allowed fool because she new he was selfish.