The epitaph of Mrs. Purkapile is part of Edgar Lee Masters'<em> "Spoon River Anthology". </em>It was published in 1915. This is a sequence of 245 free-verse epitaphs that are presented in the form of monologues. They are written from the point of view of deceased citizens of a small town.
The correct answer is option C: "<em>And out of respect for my own character / I refused to be drawn into a divorce."</em> These lines directly state the reason that Mrs. Purkapile had for staying married.
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The biggest reasons the U.S. hasn't adopted the metric system are simply time and money. When the Industrial Revolution began in the country, expensive manufacturing plants became a main source of American jobs and consumer products.
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Maupassant became wealthy and popular with a successful career.
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Although Maupassant literary career lasted for a shortwile of about 10years, but he was very popular and successful.
He pursued a career as a writer leaving behind his civil service work. Une vie(A womans life) became a sucess in 1883 making the life of manpassant to be full of luxury. He toured the world and had an apartment for clandestine meetings with women.
But towards half of 1880s his health began deteriorating and his writing became shocking. the syphilis attacked his spinal cord. by 1892 he put a knife into his throat in attempt to kill himself and was kept in an asylum. then the next day he died.
Some of his best works are 'Bel- Ami' (good friend) and short story 'boule de sulf' (ball of fat).
