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Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts is an 1898 play by Anton Chekhov, originally written in Russian. In the play, Professor Serebrakoff and his wife Helena have come to stay at their country estate, which Vanya manages with the help of Sonia, the professor's daughter from a previous marriage. Chekhov portrays Helena as trying to ease tensions between Vanya and the professor, as is evident when __________

Which quotation from a translation of Uncle Vanya most effectively illustrates the claim?

• A.

  Helena says to Vanya, "I am absolutely exhausted by [Professor Serebrakoff]. And can hardly stand."

• B.

  Helena says to Vanya, "You all abuse my husband and look on me with compassion; you think, 'Poor woman, she is married to an old man.' How well I understand your compassion!"

• C.

  Helena says to Vanya, "You are cultured and intelligent, [Vanya], and you surely understand that the world is not destroyed by villains and conflagrations, but by hate and malice and all this spiteful ranting. It is your duty to make peace [with Professor Serebrakoff], and not to growl at everything."

• D.

  Helena says to Sonya, "When you come to think of it, Sonya, I am really very, very unhappy."