Which quotation from the text BEST supports the theme of isolation? A. "An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe." B. "Some
thing must surely be amiss with Mr. Hooper's intellects." C. "From that time no attempts were made to remove Mr. Hooper's black veil." D. "None, as on former occasions, aspired to the honor of walking by their pastor's side."
The correct answer is D. "None, as on former occasions, aspired to the honor of walking by their pastor's side."
If you understood option D correctly, you could see why that is the correct answer. What it basically means is that nobody wanted to walk along with the pastor, not now, and not in the past. This means that the pastor is all alone, which tells us about the motif of isolation in this work. The other options do not even remotely mention loneliness and isolation.
The quote is taken from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil."
Though the task is laborious, the workers still find time to relax. - Antonym: Antonimos are words that have the opposite meaning. In that sentence we have the statement that the workers had time to relax, even with laborious work, we can see that relaxing is the antonym of "laborious."
The wild horse is docile; it allows them to pet its nose, feed it carrots, and stroke its belly. - Explanation: The sentence presented after the word "docile" explains it, showing that the animal, even though it is wild, allows it to be petted and fed by humans.
The dancer is flexible and lithe in her movements. - synoym: unlike antonimo, the synonym has two words that have the same meaning and do not impose a concept of duality in the sentence. In this sentence the words "flexible" and "lithe" are synonymous.
