Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
Stanley. Look at all these feathers and furs she come here to preen herself in.
"Scene 2, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams
Which reference is most is most helpful in understanding what Stanley means when he uses the word preen?
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the guest is my guess

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."