Read the passage carefully, then answer the question that follows.
[1] It was not merely that Mrs. Delacroix foresaw the collapse of the bank; she felt it in the
[2] very creaking of the floorboards, the dry rattle of the autumn wind against the high arched
[3] windows of the library. When she spoke of the impending ruin at dinner, her sons laughed—a
[4] robust, clinking sound that matched the heavy silver they held. "Mother sees specters in
[5] every draft," Julian said, passing the roast. She looked at them, their faces smooth and
[6] untroubled by the future, and felt a cold, ancient isolation settle over her. She was, she
[7] realized with a sharp pang of grief, standing on the ramparts of Troy, shouting into a
[8] wind that carried her words away before they could strike a single ear. They would go on
[9] feast-making and planning, secure in their high walls of gold, while the wooden horse
[10] already stood within the gates, silent and pregnant with their undoing.
In the passage, how does the allusion to Troy and the wooden horse (lines 7–10) primarily function?
- convey Mrs. Delacroix's intense sense of isolation in her futile warnings and highlight the imminent, unseen danger threatening her familyCevap
- Bdemonstrate that Mrs. Delacroix's fears are rooted in a literal physical intrusion or military threat to the estate rather than financial instability
- Csummarize the sequence of events that Julian and his brother take to secure their wealth within the household
- Dreflect the author’s direct condemnation of the family's greed and their lack of moral responsibility
- Eidentify the classical allusion as a decorative literary device of foreshadowing rather than a reflection of character dynamics