Question

The Shot

Answer 1

Answer:

C) The story emphasizes a code of honor enforced by dueling with weapons.

Explanation:

"The Shot" is the first story from Pushkin's cycle of five short stories called The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin. Honor, revenge, and death are the main themes explored in this story. Silvio, a retired soldier, wants to defend his honor and take revenge many years after an argument in which another soldier disrespect him in front of their peers.

Duels, usually with pistols, were the main way of defending one's honor in the 18th and 19th century Russian Empire. Pushkin himself fought 29 duels and lost his life in the last one, in 1837. The dueling tradition in the Russian Empire died out slowly from the mid-19th century.