Question

Some music artists can compose painfully beautiful ballads about lost love. Those artists can express moments of love and heartache so well that listeners can feel the artists' pain.
Based on the context of the sentence, the oxymoron "painfully beautiful" means that
A.
something is so exquisite that it may hurt someone to experience it.
B.
public appeal can be attained by experiencing extreme discomfort.
C.
emotional situations can be the most destructive.
D.
some things can be exceedingly difficult to accomplish.

Answer 1

Answer:

A

Explanation:

Emotions are beautiful but painful esp. when in sadness, oppressio, etc.

Answer 2

A. “painful” is just an adjective to describe how wonderful the music is