Select the correct answer. what do the rhyming lines at the end of the excerpt contribute to the narrative? a. they emphasize stephen's defiance of the threats made by his parents and aunt. b. they signal that the narrative is reflecting stephen's personal experience. c. they indicate that from a young age stephen liked to turn conflict into art. d. they hint that stephen's family often sought to control his behavior.

The rhyming lines at the end of the excerpt signal that the narrative is reflecting Stephen's personal experience.

Option B.

Explanation:

Stephen Dedalus is one of the main character from James Joyce’s debut novel ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.’ The novel discovers the intellectual and religious awareness of Stephen Dedalus.

The narrative provided in the novel about Stephen Dedalus signals about his personal life experiences. Stephen belongs to the poor family and which is why he is ashamed of his family’s finances. From the excerpt we get to known how Stephen leaves Ireland to hunt for his artistic soul.