The epitaph of Mrs. Purkapile is part of Edgar Lee Masters'<em> "Spoon River Anthology". </em>It was published in 1915. This is a sequence of 245 free-verse epitaphs that are presented in the form of monologues. They are written from the point of view of deceased citizens of a small town.
The correct answer is option C: "<em>And out of respect for my own character / I refused to be drawn into a divorce."</em> These lines directly state the reason that Mrs. Purkapile had for staying married.
<span>Europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy</span>
The correct answer is the following.
The correct matches are:
Both:
Possessed a strong central government.
United under one religion or philosophy.
Hang Empire:
Used the Silk Road for trade when the empire was strong.
Had a common language spoken through the empire.
Roman Empire:
Had different languages that were connected by Latin.
Separated into two kingdoms to make it easier to lead.
Hang Dynasty were religious people that made sacrifices and prayed to their ancestors. Their developed bronze tools and also worked with tin and copper. The Roman empire got to dominate one-third of the known world in those years. It became so large that by 285 CE, Emperor Diocletian divided the territories in two in order to better govern all the provinces. The Eastern Empire was ruled by Byzantium and the Western portion was governed directly by Rome.
