Why does the author contrast the beauty of the woman in the poem in the first stanza with the sorrow she feels in the final stanza? (a) this contrast expresses the speaker’s sadness over changes in her culture; the first stanza represents her understanding of her culture as a child. the final stanza expresses her sadness now that time as passed and that culture has changed. (b) the poem presents traditional views on the role of women and of the social practice of seclusion and contrasts this expectation with the oppression and despair that this practice creates. (c) the contrast shows what happens to the beauty of a woman over time and emphasizes the need for a pardah to shield women from that onslaught.

B). The poem presents traditional views on the role of women and of the social practice of seclusion and contrasts this expectation with the oppression and despair that this practice creates.

Explanation:

Sarojini Naidu offers a contrast between the idea of the beauty of women in the first stanza of the poem to the idea of grief felt by her towards the final stanza as the author intended to portray the traditional perspective regarding the role of women which ultimately brings oppression and pain for her.

She describes the duality of these cultural ideals which portrays them as the epitome of beauty yet fails to give them their due happiness. The author challenges this duality by questioning at the last('who shall prevent...tears?). The conventional views about the beauty of women(reflected through 'her life is revolving dream..like changing fires, morning mist, gold, amethyst') are sharply contrasted with the evil social practices of seclusion('her days are guarded, behind her carven lattices' and the sorrow and pain brought by them for women('sorrow looks into her face..tears?'). Thus, option B is the correct answer.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

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