Answer: D. The women's defects were more powerful than their graces
Explanation:
This is an excerpt from <em>the Tempest</em>, a play written by William Shakespeare. In the play, the magician named Prospero flees his dukedom in Milan, and arrives on an enchanted island, together with his daughter, Miranda.
Ferdinand is the son of the King of Naples, and he arrives on the island through one of Prospero's charms, when Prospero initiates the tempest.
Ferdinand and Miranda gradually fall in love. In this particular scene, Ferdinand flirts with her and claims that he did like several women before he met her, but each of them had some flaws which were stronger than their virtues. With Miranda, it is different - she is perfect in his eyes and has no rival.
