Feminism
Similarities and Difference of Men and Women
How men treat women
In<em> Damon and Pythias, </em>the author creates surprise when Dionysius pardons Damon and Pythias.
<em>Damon and Pythias </em><u>symbolizes friendship.</u> In the myth, Pythias is accused of conspiring against Dionysius and condemned to death. In that way, Damon offers himself to be held hostage and also to die in his friend's stead if Pythias does not return. However, when Phythias returns to save Damon's life, <u>Dionysius is so moved by their friendship and their loyalty that he ends up freeing both of them</u>. That is the 'surprise effect' that the author of the myth creates.
The correct answer is B) He leaves the wedding party, stunned by the tale he hears. As it happened, the wedding man actually went home in the end, instead of going to the wedding. Although the story did make him unhappy, he was satisfied to have become wiser, that is why the last line describes him as a sadder and a wiser man.
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The two excerpts from the novella that work together to develop this overall message are:
- "Shame is a bad thing, you know. It keeps you down. You want to know why I quit school? Because I didn’t have nice clothes. No clothes, but I had brains."
- "There. I had to look to where she pointed—the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed on the windows so we wouldn't fall out. You live there? The way she said it made me feel like nothing."
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What is an Overall message?</h3>
An overall message refers to the main message that the writer of a text wants the reader to glean.
The two selected options show how the individuals in question were degraded because of their economic status. They in turn felt belittled by those hurtful remarks. So, options C and D work together to develop the author's overall message.
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