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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Katrina Melendez

3 April, 09:59

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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Kenya · Answer 1

The attitude connoted by the word snicker is condescending disrespect.

The word snicker is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as "to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner."

There is something false and dishonest about a snicker; it gives an impression of sarcasm, contempt, or mockery. It can be interpreted as disrespectful and condescending.

This could correspond to the eternal Footman's (death's) attitude because in this poem, Prufrock is expressing his fear of mortality and his feeling of not being important in the eyes of death.