Part a: what does the word “tyrant” most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 7?

In hard times by charles dickens, mr. gradgrind is depicted as protective and respectful rigid and narrow-minded innovative and ambitious worldly and clever

Which revision of this sentence best uses direct characterization?

The goal of __ painters was not to make a photographic representation of a subject, but to capture the impression of a particular moment in time a) still artist b) realist c) impressionist