Read these passages:
"mr. samsa! ", shouted the middle gentleman to gregor's
father, pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at gregor as he slowly moved forward. the violin went silent, the middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, shaking his head, and then looked back at gregor.
"father, mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand as introduction, 'we can't carry on like this. maybe
you can't see it, but i can. i don't want to call this monster
my brother, all i can say is: we have to try and get rid of it.
we've done all that's humanly possible to look after it and
be patient, i don't think anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." "she's absolutely right", said gregor's father to himself. his mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged expression in her eyes.
- franz kafka, the metamorphosis (david wyllie, trans.)
these two passages from the metamorphosis work together to create which
element of freytag's pyramid?
a. falling action
b. conclusion
c. climax
d. exposition