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Read the following paragraphs. “Most unpleasant of all was the first minute when, on coming, happy and good-humored, from the theater, with a huge pear in his hand for his wife, he had not found his wife in the drawing-room, to his surprise had not found her in the study either, and saw her at last in her bedroom with the unlucky letter that revealed everything in her hand.

"She, his Dolly, forever fussing and worrying over household details, and limited in her ideas, as he considered, was sitting perfectly still with the letter in her hand, looking at him with an expression of horror, despair, and indignation.”

What is the effect of the introspective narration on the theme “actions have consequences”?

A. It develops the theme by highlighting Stepan’s surprised reaction.
B. It strengthens the theme by showing that Stepan does not love his wife.
C. It develops the theme by highlighting the idea that Stepan does not respect his wife.
D. It builds on the theme by conveying Stepan’s sense of indifference over his wife’s emotions.
E. It supports the theme by sharply contrasting Stepan and his wife’s separate experiences of the same situation.

E. It supports the theme by sharply contrasting Stepan and his wife’s separate experiences of the same situation.