The main purpose was to justify the Indian Removal Act.
Answer:
A. weak : frail
Explanation:
"weak" and "frail" are the best option among the words listed in the question.
"Thin" and "gaunt" refer to they physical appearance of a person, who looks "frail" or "weak". The words "weak" or "frail" having more of a figurative meaning, that is still similar to "thin" or "gaunt".
<span>The statement, "Mary Louise Burrows is directly characterized as poised" correctly describes a portion of the characterization in this excerpt. Specifically, this is implied by the words, "...her unconscious but distinctive poise of bearing," which phrase is then contrasted with, "...And she was fifteen -- an age when many girls are both awkward and shy."</span>
The Iliad and The Odyssey epics are some of Homer's most famous works. Plato wrote The Republic and Euripides wrote The Bacchae.
