In this particular scene, some lines of the original text are omitted, following Hamlet’s
statement, “The great baby you see there is not yet out of his swaddling clouts…”
ROSENCRANTZ: Happily he’s the second time come to them; for they say an old man is twice a
child.

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

explanation:

d) the narrator even suggested that the white whale, moby d, was ubiquitous and present in every ocean at every moment.  

in this alternate universe, renaissance romeo is now seventeen, an apprentice to a glass maker in venice. modern romeo is planning to go to college. what major do you think he’ll elect?