Based on your interpretation of opposing forces, what is the best answer?
a.) learning how to embrace the effects of colonialism is one of the central ideas of the play.
b.)hally assumes the role of antagonist.
c.)hally is at war with his father.
d.)hally is at war with his mother.

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.