Answer:
C) Human lives are worth more than material items.
Explanation:
This statement is the best summary of the concept because is basically expresses in one short sentence what is expressed in the rest of the excerpt in a very long one.
The first part of the excerpt clearly goes into more detail to be persuasive, but it does not reveal much more information than the last sentence, nor does it alter Wilson's stance on the issue.
Hyperbole is used when Shakespeare is speaking about his mistress. He is actually over exaggerating how ugly and repulsive his mistress is. He is saying that she doesn't have a lovely blush to her face when he says "But no such roses see I in her cheeks." He is also saying that her breath is awful when he contrasts her breath to nice perfume and says "than in the breath that from my mistress reeks."
A, as the rock in flowing water, she is sturdy and perseverant.
