In the following lines from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “The Arrow and the Song,” what does the image of the unbroke arrow symbolize? Long, long afterward, in an oak, I found the arrow still unbroke;

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In the following lines from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “The Arrow and the Song,” what does the image of the unbroke arrow symbolize?

Long, long afterward, in an oak,
I found the arrow still unbroke;

A.
negative emotions make a person inflexible
B.
negative emotions make a person crazy
C.
negative emotions make a person forgetful
D.
negative emotions make a person greedy