Question

In this passage, set in England during the 1800s, the narrator is invited into the home of Miss Havisham, a wealthy and unusual woman.,end italics,

from Great Expectations

paragraph 1 She was dressed in rich materials—satins, and lace, and silks—all of white. Her shoes were white. And she had a long white veil dependent from her hair, and she had bridal flowers in her hair, but her hair was white. Some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands, and some other jewels lay sparkling on the table. Dresses, less splendid than the dress she wore, and half-packed trunks, were scattered about. She had not quite finished dressing, for she had but one shoe on—the other was on the table near her hand—her veil was but half arranged, her watch and chain were not put on, and some lace . . . lay with those trinkets, and with her handkerchief, and gloves, and some flowers, and a Prayer-book, all confusedly heaped about the looking-glass.

paragraph 2 It was not in the first few moments that I saw all these things, though I saw more of them in the first moments than might be supposed. But, I saw that everything within my view which ought to be white, had been white long ago, and had lost its lustre, and was faded and yellow. I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes. I saw that the dress had been put upon the rounded figure of a young woman, and that the figure upon which it now hung loose, had shrunk to skin and bone.

(from ,begin underline,Great Expectations,end underline, by Charles Nyan Catens)

Question 1
Which theme emerges in the passage?

1. Physical beauty is fleeting.

2. Maintaining social status is crucial.

3. Hard work leads to success and riches.

Question 2
Which two details from the passage develop the theme?

1. "Some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands" (Paragraph 1)

2. "her watch and chain were not put on, and some lace . . . lay with those trinkets" (Paragraph 1)

3. "It was not in the first few moments that I saw all these things, though I saw more of them in the first moments than might be supposed." (Paragraph 2)

4. "I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress" (Paragraph 2)

5. "no brightness left but the brightness of her

Answer 1

1. 2

2. 2 and 4

Answer 2

@Elsa213

Answer 3

That all seems to be correct. Good Job!

Answer 4

Really

Answer 5

That doesn't seem correct thou

Answer 6

How so ?

Answer 7

Its someone before and after they died

Answer 8

How does social status being important to maintain fit into this?

Answer 9

OHHHHH. Yeah sorry I thought you had put 1 for number 1

Answer 10

Bill this is about how beauty is fleeting, since she kept the items but her body didnt last

Answer 11

2. 4 and 5

Answer 12

Yes, good job cx

Answer 13

it was unnecessary to change number 2.

Answer 14

1. 1
2. 2 4

Answer 15

It was, since number two was the content

Answer 16

2 should be 4 and 5