Some tragedies are second rank because...
they feature only one simple plot that is always resolved.
they always end in catastrophes that stun the audience.
they do not have true tragic endings and resemble comedies.
they always feature the downfall of a likable hero.

What important connection dose henry wadsworth longfellow establish in this introduction

Read the following excerpt from anne frank remembered by miep gies. i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." he turned and shut me into the room alone. i had no idea where he'd gone. i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i was in a terrible mental state. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole. which sentence from the excerpt would a prepared speaker best use to support the viewpoint that miep gies was in terrible danger? i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole.

Which of these statements best conveys the meaning of the allusion?