A because if you do not now what kinds of sharks are out there
Adam and Eve eat the apples to gain knowledge but at the cost of their promise to God, thus contributing to the theme of Betrayal.
Option B.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Eve in the story ate a fruit which was said to the fruit of knowledge. This fruit was ate by Eve to get knowledge and be intelligent. She also gave some of this to Adam.
This came as a betrayal to God because both of them had promised to god that they will both not eat it. But in the greed of knowledge, they ate it and broke the promise.
What evidence from the text best supports the theme that the roles of women are defined by society?
"You have loved me as a wife ought to love her husband. Only you had not sufficient knowledge to judge of the means you used."
"But do you suppose you are any the less dear to me, because you don't understand how to act on your own responsibility?"
"I will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness in my eyes."
"You must not think anymore about the hard things I said in my first moment of consternation, when I thought everything was going to overwhelm me."
Answer:
"I will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness in my eyes."
Explanation:
The evidence from the text that best supports the theme that the roles of women are defined by society is "I will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness in my eyes.".
Traditionally, the role of women has been looked at as one that needs guidance from her husband and one who needs to perform the role of a wife dutifully, it is what society expects of her. So, the correct answer is option C.
The meaning of Gwendolen's words is that she is against the traditional idea that women are the ones who should stay at home to be in charge of the domestic duties. She shows that women might have a position of power and that men can stay at home.
The literary technique used is Paradox because Gwendolen proposes a reversal of the traditional and well-known ideas.
