What does the word “seemed” imply in the passage below? Think of the title of the essay as well when you infer this meaning. “They are hybrid creatures, neither gay like butterflies nor sombre like their own species. Nevertheless the present specimen, with his narrow hay–coloured wings, fringed with a tassel of the same colour, seemed to be content with life.”

a. Foreshadowing of something negative to come

b. Woolf doesn’t mean anything by choosing this word.