Which phrase or sentence from the story offers the best visual description of people's reaction to the horse?
I was at Count Przobossky's noble country seat in Lithuania, and I remained with the ladies at tea in the drawing room, while the gentlemen were down in the yard to see a young, pedigreed horse that has just arrived. We suddenly heard a noise of distress. I hastened downstairs and found the horse so unruly that nobody dared approach or mount him. The most determined horsemen stood dismayed and aghast; hopelessness was expressed in every face.

self-monitoring is in other words holding back your emotions for the better good. usually, people who can't hold their excitement, temper, or any other emotions, need to self-monitor themselves.   lol

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.

the words "slavery," "devils," and "murderer" evoke a sense of disgust.

his face was as red as an