Question

1. Choose the best paraphrase for the sentence below.

Answer 1

1. A
2. A
3. C

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. Curse you for your hateful scolding!

2. Good intentions always yield good results.

3. A weak point in his character.

Explanation:

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Ju li et deals with the illegal love of the two protagonists amidst their feuding families. Though at first unaware of their families' hatred for each other, they still went forward with their love and even got married, but tragedy led them to their own separate deaths.

1. A pox is a common way of cursing at someone who did things wrong. Chiding is an act of reprimanding or scolding someone for the mistake committed. So, the sentence may well mean "curse you for your hateful scolding".

2. Considering the play from which the given themes and sentences are based on, one theme that the play does not deal in is that "good intentions always yield good results". In fact, that is quite the opposite. Even with good intentions, Romeo still suffers.

3. The downfall of the hero in a tragic story is his own character's weak point, which in this case, is his unfailing love for Ju li et.