The answer would be a because many of the gold diggers actually didn't find gold. hope this helped :3
<span>The Wife of Bath's tale was written to show the emerging role of women in the Middle Ages. They were moving from being submissive, almost property, to sovereign women with strong opinions and independence. These characteristics were, at the time, only appreciated in men and were frowned on in women. This tale shows that a woman can be a woman and still be independent, strong, and sovereign.</span>
To comport is to act a certain way, or carry yourself in a certain way. The greek root "port" means carry
1. Giving the appearance of saying one thing while meaning something else is called <em>irony.
</em><em />2. A group of writers satirizing society is termed as <em>Scriblerus Club.
</em><em />3. The two rhyming lines of verse with five iambic feet is called the <em>heroic couplet.
</em><em />4. The giants with a wise king are called <em>Brobdingnagians.</em>
<em />5. The human beings controlled by cold is reason refers to <em>Houyhnhnms.</em><em /><em>
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pop culture.
It's referencing Superman.
You could argue that Superman stems from a body of famous literary work (that is, the source comics), but that's probably not what they're looking for. As Superman is best known from a combination of comics, cinema, TV and merchandise, it's basically a pop culture reference.
