Read the first stanza of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“‘Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”

Which line from the stanza best supports the idea that the speaker wasn't expecting anyone to come by?

"'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door—'"

"As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door"

"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,"

"Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—"

C

"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,"

Explanation:

Answer C describes how the narrator was aroused by his unexpected guest's knocking at the door. Therefore, this best supports the idea that the speaker wasn't expecting anyone to come by.

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.