Part a: in lines 2-3, the narrator describes the evening “spread out against the sky / like a patient etherized upon a table.” what effect does this image have on the poem’s meaning?

a
the unnatural image shows that, even though the poem is a “love song,” prufrock has little capacity to love.
b
the quote shows that prufrock needs to be healed spiritually, like a patient needs to be healed physically.
c
the image represents the unconscious mind, invoking the journey prufrock takes to discover his deepest secrets.
d
the quote evokes a sense of numbness or paralysis, mimicking prufrock’s weariness and powerlessness in the face of making decisions.

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Create a purpose statement based on the graphic organizer in "section ii: finding the main point."

Part b: which phrase from the text best support the answers to part a? a. “i don't want to talk to somebody when i go check in at an airport. i just either download the boarding pass to my phone or walk up to a kiosk and get it.” (paragraph 8) b. “you do not have to go far to find someone who disagrees with andrew mcafee, just around the corner to the office of another person at the same university.” (paragraph 11) c. “the set of things that machines do not do like humans is innumerable.” (paragraph 16) d. “you wonder if you're joining that long litany of voices who go down as having made the incorrect prediction one more time, but i think the facts are different this time.” (paragraph 23)

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. nice town, y'know what i mean? nobody very remarkable ever come out of it, s'far as we know. the earliest tombstones in the cemetery up there on the mountain say 1670-1680-they're grovers and cartwrights and gibbses and herseys-same names as are around here now. in at least one hundred words, discuss the significance of the stage manager's narration in our town. analyze the text in terms of its tone, word choice, and meaning. what purpose does this narration serve in the play?