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Read lines 85-86 from the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and answer the question. And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in short, I was afraid. What attitude is connoted by the word snicker as it is used in line 85? intense attention grudging courtesy polite formality condescending disrespect

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condescending disrespect

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Answer:

Condescending disrespect.

Step-by-step explanation:

The word "snicker" is used to talk or refer to an act of scornful, disrespectful half-suppressed laugh. This act of showing a negative attitude is aimed at making the other person feel bad or be disrespected.

In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", T. S. Eliot talks about the "Eternal footman" snickering at him. Here, the "eternal footman" is death, which Prufrock uses to refer to his irrelevance, for he considers himself unimportant. Here, Prufrock feels that death snickers at him because "[He is] no prophet — and here’s no great matter."

Thus, the correct answer is condescending disrespect.

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