English

Edwin Blackburn

31 December, 10:03

Read this passage from "Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata":

"A pale young man was sitting by the table, making shoes, and near him, leaning sorrowfully upon an old-fashioned fortepiano, sat a young girl, with a profusion of light hair falling over her face. Both were cleanly but very poorly dressed, and both started and turned toward us as we entered."

Why does the author of this story give so much description of these people?

A.

to capture their humble circumstances and their quiet dignity

B.

to capture the great contrast between their appearances and behaviors

C.

to capture the intensity of Beethoven's passion for their music

D.

to capture the loveliness of their relationship with one another