What does the carriage symbolize in this excerpt from emily dickinson’s “because i could not stop for death”?

because i could not stop for death –
he kindly stopped for me –
the carriage held but just ourselves –
and immortality.

we slowly drove – he knew no haste
and i had put away
my labor and my leisure too,
for his civility –

1) immortality
2) fate
3) life
4) death

The answer is 2. Fate.

Explanation:

The carriage symbolizes fate, or death's arrival. A minor explanation would be that it has a set destination much like the idea of fate being irreversible; at the end of one's life is the inevitable. But a stronger reason would be to eliminate the answers that do not work.

1. It cannot be Immortality because he is in the Carriage with them.

3. The answer cannot be Life because the speaker has just died.

4. It is not death because he is also in the Carriage.

i'm on the same lesson : / i really don't want to do it..

there are several different forms of presenting this; each has a very specific format. plays have a very simple format; teleplays, for television shows, or screenplays, for movies, have more complex and strict rules for formatting.

drama

the first of these to be written for the express purpose of being performed were created by the greeks. many of our modern terms derive from greek origins.

comedy

in the greek sense, a play that doesn't end in death. in modern usage, refers to a play that is humorous.

tragedy

in the greek sense, a play that ends with the death of at least one of the main characters. in modern usage, refers to a play that doesn't have a happy ending.