Brief as the lightning in the collied night that, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, and ere a man hath power to say, 'behold! ' the jaws of darkness do devour it up. which sentence best describes the personification used in the above excerpt? the darkness of night is given human characteristics. the darkness of night is compared to lightning. the human jaw is compared to the darkness of night. the jaws are black as the nigh

the water represents a powerful force, and supports the idea that farquhar cannot escape his fate.

explanation:

since it is asking for her reaction to elnora's trouble at school you can rule out any answers with a positive response (b). then you can rule out (d), this is because it does not show the mother's reaction but the daughter's response. that leaves you with two options (a) and (c), by looking at the options you can rule out (c) because it isn't referring back to elnora's issues at school.