When comparing in the comparative form,the direct pronoun is used in the 2nd part too.So the correct answer is (a) they
Lack, want, need, require as verbs all stress the absence of something desirable, important, or necessary. Lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage, sufficient money, enough
Answer:
The correct answer is "is unwilling to admit his mistakes.
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Explanation:
Danforth is presiding over the Salem trials.
Although he knows that it has been a great mistake to hang 12 wrongfully accused people, he is not willing to admit his mistakes, for which he declares that he cannot forgive others.
Instead of admitting that it was a terrible mistake what happened, he keeps making it just because it would be "unfair" that twelve people have already been hanged for the same thing.
its a metaphore. a metaphore is a sentence that contradicts its actual meaning.