When the raven first taps at the chamber door in “the raven” by edgar allan poe, it is midnight. what is the speaker’s first reaction to the tapping? he hopes that it is a “rare and radiant maiden.” he believes it is lenore. he suspects it is someone who is lost. he thinks it is a visitor.

The correct answer is He thinks it is a visitor.

Explanation:

At first, the first reaction of the speaker is to believe that there is a visitor who comes to knock on his door and decides to ignore him. Then, by continuing to listen to the loudest and loudest blows, he apologizes to “the visitor” saying that he did not want to ignore him, but he did not listen.

After opening the door, he finally realizes it was the raven.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

the correct answer is "dissent"

explanation:

because dissent is when one or more judges express disagreement with the majority in court, in specific legal systems.   an   argument in opposition is presented to the court, with a different interpretation, or application.