Asked by jayden meeks

Read these sentences from paragraph 5.



"In the room, she saw a table all set for dinner, with a steaming roast goose in the center. Then, the match went out, and there was nothing but the cold, damp wall."



What does the dinner table symbolize in the story?


unfulfilled wishes


a bountiful harvest


greedy excess


a time of mourning

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unfulfilled wishes

The sudden disappearance of the feast when the match goes out shows it was an illusion — a fleeting vision of the comfort and abundance the character longs for but does not possess.