But since, alas! frail beauty must decay, curl'd or uncurl'd, since locks will turn to grey; since painted, or not painted, all shall fade, and she who scorns a man, must die a maid; what then remains but well our pow'r to use, and keep good-humour still whate'er we lose? and trust me, dear! good-humour can prevail, when airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail. beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. these lines, from clarissa's long speech in which she tries to calm the outraged belinda, cast her in the role of muse accomplice nymph raisonneur

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).