Read the sentence from “The Magic Prison.” He spent hours each day before first one mirror and then another; and he did not notice that the windows were growing narrower and the mirrors wider.

How does this sentence affect the story?

It introduces the prince's character at the beginning of the plot.

It symbolizes selfishness and vanity at the story’s turning point.

It foreshadows the palace becoming a prison later in the text.

It demonstrates the prince’s inner conflict at that moment in the story.