Although there is not a current paragraph related here. According to the actual meaning of the word, vicissitudes, it is possible to say taht this word means difficulties (mainly related to difficult times), that are going to have possitive consequences. In other words, it is possible to say that it has a possitive and a negative meaning at the same time.
A long walk in the park or a short run around the block works for me.
I believe the correct answer from the choices listed above is the third option. Sarah Orne Jewett’s stories display the local color of New England in the nineteenth century. It <span>is the most celebrated work of </span>New England local color<span> fiction. Hope this answers the question. Have a nice day.</span>
Through the sacrifices Della and jim make for one another, they prove love is more important than material possessions. as the narrator says "of all who receive gifts, such as they are the wisest." When they make such sacrifices, they do it to make the spouse happy. They sell their most prized posession for each other. For jim, it is a family heirloom, his grandfather's watch, and for Della, its her long, beautiful hair.
"She got out her curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages made by generosity added to love. Which is always a tremendous task, dear friends—a mammoth task."
“Jim, darling,” she cried, “don’t look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn’t have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. . . . Say ‘Merry Christmas!’ Jim, and let’s be happy. You don’t know what a nice—what a beautiful, nice gift I’ve got for you.”
"Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him."
"Maybe the hairs of my head were numbered,” she went on with sudden serious sweetness, “but nobody could ever count my love for you. Shall I put the chops on, Jim?"
Answer: Characters don’t necessarily have to be immortal to be evil, though some gods tends to be evil with their powers and put it to bad use. As for mortals, they’re actually likely to be less evil as they’re actually humans.
