Read the passage. Viola: But if she cannot love you, sir?

Duke: I cannot be so answered.

Viola: But you must. Say that some lady--as perhaps there is--hath for your love as great a pang of heart as you have for Olivia. You cannot love her. You tell her so. Must she not, then, be answered?

Which inference can be best supported using textual evidence from the passage?

Viola is a wise counselor on matters of love.

Viola believes no woman is worthy of the Duke's affections.

If you are persistent enough, you can win the love of just about anyone.

The Duke believes women are incapable of loving as deeply as men do.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.