Read the passage. But there was one thing that was worse. I discovered that
the dragon had put a charm on me: No weapon could cut
me. I could walk up to the hall whenever I pleased, and
they were powerless. My heart became darker because of
that. Though I scorned them, sometimes hated them, there
had been something between myself and men when we
could fight. Now, invulnerable, I was as solitary as one live
tree in a vast landscape of coal.
Which common literary theme is best illustrated by this passage?
A. The coexistence of good and evil
B. The ineffectiveness of words
O C. The pain of isolation
D. The struggle against nature