Question

select the correct text in the passage. which detail best characterizes the woman in the excerpt as a lonely person? adapted excerpt from madame bovary by gustave flaubert she thought, sometimes, that, after all, this was the happiest time of her life - the honeymoon, as people called it. to taste the full sweetness of it, a it would have been necessary doubtless to fly to those lands of lyric dreaming where the days after marriage are full of laziness most pleasant. in post - chaises behind blue silken curtains to slide slowly up steep road, listening to the song of the postilion re - echoed by the mountains, along with the bells of the goats and the muffled sound of a waterfall, at sunset on the shores of gulfs in the breeze in the perfume of lemon trees; then in the evening on the villa terraces above, hand in hand to look at the stars, making plans for the future. it seemed to her that certain places on earth must bring happiness, as a plant peculiar to the soil, and that cannot thrive elsewhere. why could not she lean over balconies in swiss chalets, or enshrine her melancholy in a scotch cottage, with a husband dressed in a black velvet coat with long tails, and thin shoes, a pointed hat and frills? perhaps she would have liked to confide all these things to someone. but how tell an undefinable uneasiness, variable as the clouds, unstable as the winds? words failed her - the opportunity, the courage. charles had but washed it, if he had guessed it, if his look had but once met her thought, it seemed to her that a sudden plenty would have gone out from her heart, as the fruit falls from a tree when shaken by a hand. but as the familiarity of their life became deeper, the greater became the gulf that separated her from him. charless conversation was commonplace as a street pavement, and everyones ideas trooped through it in their everyday garb; without exciting emotion, laughter, or thought. he had never had the curiosity, he said, while he lived at rouen, to go to the theater to see the actors from paris. he could neither swim, nor fence, nor shoot, and one day she had read out to him that she had come across a novel

Explanation:

The passage shows the woman's feelings of isolation. She has thoughts about a more fulfilling life during the honeymoon - like flying to distant lands. Her husband Charles is unremarkable to her, and she feels a sense of emptiness and disconnection from him. Also, she feels that others' ordinary lives are unexciting and she is alone in her yearnings.

Answer:

She thought, sometimes, that, after all, this was the happiest time of her life - the honeymoon, as people called it. To taste the full sweetness of it, it would have been necessary doubtless to fly to those lands of lyric revery where the days after marriage are full of laziness most pleasant. In post - chaise behind blue silken curtains to slide slowly up steep road, listening to the song of the postilion re - echoed by the mountains, along with the bells of the goats and the muffled sound of a waterfall; at sunset on the shores of gulfs in the breeze in the perfume of lemon trees; then in the evening on the terrace above, hand in hand to look at the stars, making plans for the future. It seemed to her that certain places on earth must bring happiness, as a plant peculiar to the soil, and that cannot thrive elsewhere. Why could not she lean over balconies in Swiss chalets, or enshrine her melancholy in a Scotch cottage, with an Englishman dressed in a black velvet coat with long tails, and thin shoes, a pointed hat and frills? Perhaps she would have liked to confide all these things to someone. But how tell an undefinable uneasiness, variable as the clouds, unstable as the winds? Words failed her - the opportunity, the courage.