In this passage from chapter 17 of "The Prince", by Machiavelli, what the connotation of beloved and love in the context of the passage is <em>They suggest weakness, since Machiavelli argues the bonds of love are easily broken</em>. Machiavelli is telling the prince that it is better to be feared than to be loved because people are self-interested and in difficult times they will not obey if they are not threatened to be punished.
Answer:
The correct answer is A) A novel of manners.
Explanation:
George Sand's novel "Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe" can be described as a novel of manners because it is written in a realist manner, it reconstructs and portrays how society was in that time. A novel of manners deals with the social conventions and customs of a given social class in a given place and period, and Silas Marner focuses on a small rural town in 19th century rural England.
