Answer:
Given the comparison made by Thoreau, we can say his opinion is the following:
D) Thoreau believes that most men live earthly, purely physical lives without time for higher, spiritual thoughts.
Explanation:
"It appeared to me that for a like reason men remain in their present low and primitive condition; but if they should feel the influence of the spring of springs arousing them, they would of necessity rise to a higher and more ethereal life."
<u>Thoreau uses the numbness of the snake as a metaphor for the figurative numbness of men. The primitive state that he mentions above is a low state of consciousness, solely focused on material possessions and earthly pursuits that, to his mind, have no real purpose. Thoreau believes it is possible for men to reach higher intellectual and spiritual grounds. However, most of them seem to prefer the numbness.</u>
<span>The actions of the narrator contradict with the way she describes events.</span>
Helen was a symbol of acceptance a way for Jane to connect with someone who experienced the same things as she did whenever she was at her original home. Miss Temple was a symbol of acceptance as well and a little more important because she was an adult who believed in Jane's academic ability disregarding some of the things that others liked to point out about Jane. Her time at Lowood is important to the development of her character specifically because of these two people who helped show her understanding.
