Answer:
From the book and the Graphic novel it can be said that he is a young man since he has only being working for the company five years but he is in debt with them, and all his family depends on him, they also have a photograph of him about his military service on the wall. In the graphic novel it seems to be older now that he has been 15 years in the company and maybe he started after military service
Explanation:
It can also be inferred the absurdity of the universe in which it doesn’t matter how good you are, for instance Gregor is a good man how has a job he dislikes just to cover his family expenses, and to pay his sister’s studies. It suggest the universe is an ungoverned place without any order of justice or punishment.
You didn't italicize any words, so I will just try to explain the figures of speech you have listed above, and hopefully that will help you.
1. hyperbole - this is exaggeration. For example, 'I waited for him for a hundred years' to denote you had to wait for someone for a longer period of time. You didn't really wait for him for a hundred years - it is an exaggeration. Poets and writers often use this figure of speech in order to make a statement, and impact on the reader. I can't see examples of hyperbole in this excerpt, so I wouldn't choose that as the correct option here.
2. paradox - paradox is a figure of speech in which you combine two things which are opposite from each other in nature. It creates an absurd phrase because two contradictory statements are brought together, such as 'drinking a lot of water can make you thirsty.' I can see an example of paradox in the excerpt above, which is "day brought back my night." Day and night are each other's opposites, which makes a paradox if they are brought together like this.
3. understatement - this is a figure of speech which authors use when they want to make something appear to have a lesser value than it actually has; when they want to demean something as being less important that what it seems. An example of an understatement would be the following - you get a lot of money at a lottery, and when asked how you feel about it, you say 'I'm happy.' You would obviously feel much stronger emotions if this happened. I don't see instances of understatement here either.
I would choose paradox as the correct answer here.
The word vermin is used
for wild animals which are believed to be harmful to crops or which carry
disease, but metaphorically can be used to depict despicable people or people causing
problems for the rest of society. Therefore, use of this word suggests that
Gregor Samsa will despicable and a problem for society (in this case, he is a
problem to his family). Critics have argued about the meaning of “The
Metamorphosis” written by Franz Kafka, but many believe that the Grete, Gregor’s
sister, is the central character and that Gregor’s existence has driven all
attention from her and became harmful for her future and future of her parents.
As Volker Drüke suggests, Grete is the one that actually experiences
metamorphosis – she has matured as a result of the new family circumstances and
assumed responsibility. She becomes a woman and after her brother’s death, the
parents also notice that she “who was getting more animated all the time, had
blossomed […] into a beautiful and voluptuous young woman”, and want to look
for a partner for her.
The phrase from the excerpt that best reflects Hamlet's state of mind is C. How weary, stale, ...
This is because Hamlet is weary, meaning tired, from having to decide so much what he is supposed to do. On one hand, he wants to avenge his father's death by killing his own uncle. On the other hand, he is fatigued, and quite suicidal, which is obvious from his soliloquy, To be or not to be.
I'd say the answer would be C.
