In American society, romantic love is considered the main reason for people to marry. On the other hand, in some societies, roma
ntic love is considered a form of obsession or madness. In fact, even in many societies where "true love" is not considered a form of insanity, arranged marriages are still the norm. For example, in many cultures it's believed that marriage is basically an economic arrangement. Thus, a farmer needs a wife both to bear children and to share the farm work while raising new "hands" as additional farm labor. In other societies, marriage is mainly about cementing connections between families. Indeed, most marriages between members of European royal or aristocratic lineages were primarily aimed at creating trust, loyalty, and mutual obligations between privileged and powerful families. Which phrase signals a contrast between ideals about marriage?
He changed his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby when he was seventeen, and this is because he wanted to run away from his unfortunate life as James Gatz and start another one as he met Dan Cody in the Lake Superior.
The literary technique best illustrated by the quotation is (A) Alliteration. Alliteration is a literary device that consists of the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words or stressed syllables of close proximity. The words "full, fadom, feet, five and father" begin with the sound /f/.
The rhyme scheme of the octave of a Petrarchan sonnet is (A) abba/abba. The first eight lines almost always follow this rhyme scheme.
The literary technique best illustrated by the quotation is (B) Allusion. Allusion, in literature, is a figure of speech that consists in a reference to a person, thing, place or event.
