Answer:
<u>The</u> thesis Julio presents effectively is (B) Many folk tales are not happy children's stories but dark, realistic tales.
<u>Explanation</u>:
Julio tells us tales that are often harmless and enjoyed by kids. The tales are filled with magic in which good wins and evil is always defeated at the end.
But the “original folk tales” represent the reality of life. They show about hunger, death and everyday struggles of people. They show real feelings of people. Julio says that all these original tales are always true and dark but some of them might be. Example of such story is when Cindrella’s step sisters cut their toe finger to fit in the shoe.
Answer with Explanation:
The play increases tension when Mrs. Stevenson received a telegram from her husband. The telegram informed her that her husband won't go home that evening because he was on a business trip to Boston. Mrs. Stevenson then felt breathless and stated "Oh,no-." This clearly shows that her husband won't be able to protect her that night, especially that she was sick and she was sensing something bad about that evening. When she tried to call her husband's office again, she cried because no one was answering it. This then increases the tension further more because she was becoming hopeless.
Pyramus and Thisbe are a couple of young Babylonians in love. Unfortunately, their families totally hate each other. The star-crossed lovers whisper sweet nothings through a crack in the wall that separates their houses, until they eventually can't take it anymore and decide to elope