The correct answer to this question is the choice: "<span>The Doctor ."
The excerpt as shown below:
</span><span> “Nor haughty in his speech, nor too divine, / But in all teaching prudent and benign.” refers to the doctor who is a member of the pilgrimmage.
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Very simple, the prepositional phrase in the sentence is "Near the wooded island." The preposition is always at the beginning of the prepositional phrase and in this instance it would be 'near'. Likewise, the object of the preposition is always at the end of the prepositional phrase and in this case is 'island'. So the answer to this problem is C.
C- By focusing on topics that are controversial
Try replacing the word woman with any of those four words. Try to simplify the passage over all, and which ever one makes sense, is the right one. I'm assuming weakness is correct, because it says "therefore i forbid my tears" claiming they wont cry, and in this world, crying is a sign of weakness. But i would just get a few more opinions on it :)