Based on the context of the excerpt from kate chopin’s “the story of an hour,” which definition most clearly defines the word imploring

In the Cambridge dictionary "implore" is defined: showing in a very emotional way that you want someone to do something for you.

In this case Josephine asks Mrs. Mallard to open the door, she is very worried because fo all the emotions she is having. Josephine knows that her sister has a heart trouble and she thinks she is extremely sad fo Mr. Mallard's death. She desperately wants to enter the room to confort her sister as she could die form a heart attack.

As we can see, the definition above suites this case because of all the emotions shown by Josephine.

Earnestly Asking for something

Explanation: Implore in this case is used to beg. Please connect the dots.

A. earnestly asking for something

Begging someone to do something is imploring. "I beg you. . . for heavens sake. . ."

earnestly asking for something

Explanation:

Josephine , who is the main character's sister, wanted desperetaly her sister , Louise, to open the door of her room. Louise had a heart disease and had to take care of herself, but she had become even more vulnurable when she learnt that her husband had died in a train crash. It was Josephine that had given her the news. Louise's first reaction was to shut herselp up in her room.

earnestly asking for something

in Plato

imploring means idk

explanation:

The correct answer is A. Earnestly asking for something

Explanation:

In the excerpt presented, the word "imploring" is used to describe the actions of Josephine this includes Josephine "kneeling before the closed door" as well as Josephine saying "Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door". This shows, the Josephine is desperate and she is not angry, confused, etc. but just begging or earnestly asking Louise to open the door. According to this, the option that best describes the meaning of the word "begging" according to the context is "Earnestly asking for something".