I love Shakespeare!!!
And what is music then? Then music is
Even as the flourish when true subjects bow
To a new-crowned monarch. ....
I stand for sacrifice; The rest aloof are the Dardanian wives,
With bleared visages come forth to view
The issue of th'exploit. Go, Hercules.
Live thou, I live.
-Portia
it is pretty much saying that Portia, giving a speech to Bassanio before he chooses his casket. She
gives him music in order to suggest that her rhymes are hinting at the
lead casket.
I am here to be sacrificed- she as an individual is destroyed to save
her father's estate. Here future is a function of the value of the
estate. It remains to be seen whether is willing to be sacrificed or
not.
She compares Bassanio to Hercules- who will save her. This is a
complimetn however she references him as a fortune hunter by mentioning
this. By saving Troy, Hercules got not the maiden but the horses of her
father.
I would have to say B, due to not getting to hear the audio I am merely assuming.
This question seems to be incomplete. However, there is enough information to find the right answer.
Answer: B. the fragile nature of existence
Explanation:
The two excerpts are from "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", by James Joyce, and from "Mrs. Dalloway," by Virginia Woolf. Both share the common theme of the fragile nature of existence. Woolf describes a character that is wondering about her own existence, and its importance or the possibility of her life not being important, as "all this must go on without her." Both excerpts show ideas about the fragile nature of existence, not the absence of love, nor reality or disillusionment with the world.
