Question

read the last line of the prologue of romeo and juliet. what here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. which best restates the meaning of this line?

• what is lacking in this description is lacking in our play.
• this prologue does not disclose all the juicy details of the story.
• the play we are about to read will fill in the details of this story.
• a prologue is merely an introduction; it cannot tell the whole story.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the line "What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend." The word "miss" here means what is lacking or omitted in the prologue, and "toil shall strive to mend" means the play (through its performance or the story it tells) will work to fill in those missing details. Let's analyze each option:

• Option 1: Says what's lacking in the description is lacking in the play, which is the opposite of the line's meaning.
• Option 2: Talks about "juicy details" which is not the focus of the line; the line is about filling in missing parts, not about interesting details.
• Option 3: Matches the meaning— the play will fill in the details of the story that the prologue didn't cover.
• Option 4: Just states that a prologue is an introduction and can't tell the whole story, but it doesn't address that the play will mend (fill in) what's missing, which is the key part of the original line.

Answer:

C. The play we are about to read will fill in the details of this story.