Which lines from "Madam and the Rent Man" by Langston Hughes best reflect the bold attitude working-class people were developing after the Harlem Renaissance?

The speaker refuses to be intimidated by the rent man and declares that she would rather go to Hades than pay. That defiant, forceful response best reflects a bold working-class attitude. Choice B contains the lines “Before I'd pay / I'd go to Hades / And rot away!”

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