Read the excerpt from Act III of The Importance of Being Earnest. [Gwendolen and Cecily are at the window, looking out into the garden.]

Gwendolen. The fact that they did not follow us at once into the house, as any one else would have done, seems to me to show that they have some sense of shame left.

Cecily. They have been eating muffins. That looks like repentance.

What do you learn about Gwendolen and Cecily from this excerpt?

A. They value honesty and are angry that the men have lied to them.
B. They value romance and are willing to make excuses for the men they love.
C. They value wisdom and refuse to admit that they were wrong.
D. They value commitment and are willing to marry anyone who will marry them.

B-They value romance and are willing to make excuses for the men they love.

Explanation:

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in at least 150 words, discuss the tone of the narrator in "i stand here ironing," and explain how it impacts the telling of the story

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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