1. Choose a story and re-read it
2. React personally. What aspects of the story do you seem to be most affected by? You should look at more than one aspect.
3. Determine the theme of the story. What is the main point? HINT: Try to complete this sentence: This story argues that …
4. Connect #2 & 3: How do you see this aspect and the theme relating
We are presented with a libertine speaker talking of many lovers. He suggests that, though he has spoken about the pain of love, it is only ‘Love’s pleasures’ that he cares about. As such, he has ‘betrayed’ ‘a thousand beauties’. He claims to have been a callous and deceiving lover, telling ‘the fair’ about the ‘wounds and smart’ they long to hear of, then ‘laughing’ and leaving. The poem is written in three elegant septets. Notice the iambic tetrameter and consider how important form might be to the theme of this particular kind of love and betrayal.
This speaker may not be entirely honest. The final stanza begins with ‘Alone’. Is there any sense of regret here? The speaker claims to be ‘Without the hell’ of love, yet in the same line we find reference to the ‘heaven of joy’. He may even also sacrificed his joy with his promiscuous love.
Answer:
Basically, the quote is saying if someone has the ability to do something but chooses not to do it, then they are no better than someone who isn't able to it.
Explanation:
The quote uses reading as an example. One who sees and has the ability to read but chooses not to read is not better than a blind person or someone who doesn't know how to read.
I would think the answer is B, hope i could help. :)
