Read the excerpt from section 3 of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."
Overhead, as he looked up through this rift in the wood, shone great garden stars looking unfamiliar and grouped in
strange constellations. He was sure they were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance.
How does the excerpt contribute to the theme of fate?

answer: "the beating heart symbolizes the narrator's conscience, or his sense of guilt and wrongdoing" so its b

explanation:

"to look at him, or hear him describe it, he had no guilt. however, poe decided to symbolize this man's subconscious guilt through the heartbeat."

"solitude is an inner concept rather than an outward one" is the statement among the choices given that  would be included in a summary of paragraph one of society and solitude. the correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the third option or option "c". i hope the answer you.

the answers are;

d. it reveals hamlet’s hesitation to act.

a.it reveals hamletâs anger with himself.