Text-Dependent Questions

Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentence

1.

Which TWO of the following best descríbe a central theme of the text?

A

Knowing one's self, or identity, can prevent disaster.

Kronino onda

B. Love can be a powerful - and even treacherous - emotion.

Ignorance is not always bliss.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Pride is not an attractive quality, and neither are its consequences.

Sacrifice is necessary for love.

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The TWO sentences that best describe a central theme of the text are:

B) Love can be a powerful - and even treacherous - emotion.

D) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Explanation:

Echo and Narcissus by Ovid tells the myth of how a young man who was born with unspeakable beauty gets trapped inside of the illusion of his physical appearance, as he falls in love with himself and he becomes unable to move away from his reflection and eventually dies, his eyes have bewitched him with what they see but they were not seeing the essence but just the shell, and finally, that lead him to the tragic end.