Read the excerpt, spoken by robert to edna, from the awakening. “you have slept precisely one hundred years. i was left here to guard your slumbers; and for one hundred years i have been out under the shed reading a book. the only evil i couldn’t prevent was to keep a broiled fowl from drying up.” which best expresses the connotation of the word “guard” as it is used by roger in the excerpt?
roger is representing himself as edna’s friend, confidant, and companion.
roger is representing himself as a loyal servant to edna’s family, a watchful eye. roger is representing himself as edna’s prince, protector, and savior.
roger is representing himself as edna’s jail keeper, a barrier to her escape.

The correct answer would be option 2: " Roger is representing himself as a loyal servant to Edna's family, a watchful eye". In the excerpt, Roger says that he spend 100 years reading a book to pass the time as he kept an eye on Edna, he was there to protect her and the one thing he couldn´t avoid was something beyond his capabilities (and it did not affect Edna).

Roger did not interact with Edna, nor does he mention any feelings of love, and he does not say he was there to stop her from leaving, therefore options 1, 3 and 4 are incorrect.

Roger is representing himself as Edna’s prince, protector, and savior.

his tongue, i believe, was bloody and hanging out of his mouth.

he looked as if he were hungry.

he has several wolf-like qualities; a gray coat, sharp claws and yellow fangs.

those eyes made me feel, dear reader, like the end was near.

as i reached for a stick, he moved to the other side of the hill.

panting and hungry, he looked at me, a defenseless human and he snarled.

well i said my prayers, however, he simply turned and limped off. 

yes

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