Poe’s story is an allegory that contains multiple layers of meaning. The Red Death is a disease that plagues the city and it is a character that signifies death. The Red Death is a rapidly spreading disease that is feared and dreaded by all. The prince makes arrangements to escape the widespread disease by retreating to his palace. There, he invites guests to a masquerade ball. The guests, similar to the prince, do not feel threatened by the terrifying disease:
The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think. The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure. There were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there was Beauty, there was wine. All these and security were within. Without was the "Red Death."
The guests assume at first that the Red Death is another costumed guest. But after the Red Death strikes the prince, the guests realize that they can’t escape death, regardless of their wealth and power. Their confident sense of immunity is quickly exposed as an illusion:
And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.
Because at the beginning they fell in love then at the end they die together.
The correct answer is <u>B )Miep Gies’ determination to pick up all of Anne’s diary pages shows how dedicated to the Frank family she was.</u>
Miep was a good friend of the Frank family who helped hide them during World War II. After the disaster of the war and the whole family having been taken away to Auschwitz, Miep was determined to keep the memory of the family by saving every memento she could find about them and their life as described through Anne's writings. She cherished the opportunity she had to meet the Frank family in the first place and considered it important to save everything that could be saved related to this family.
This is a viewpoint that a prepared speaker could point out so as to show the significance of this character for the family and the extente of her devotion to them.
Answer: Today the sun has come again
A cold winter at its end
We all wake up with the spring
A fresh breath, a new breeze
The sun sets and fades away
It will stay longer tomorrow day
The weather warms, it brings us to life
Soon it will be summertime
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