Question

“what about his marriage
to death call him about my life?” (lines 12–13)
what are two effects of the contrast within these lines?
□ it creates an emotional appeal by revealing that the speaker is afraid
□ it creates a logical appeal by questioning whether charon is qualified.
□ it creates an emotional appeal by hinting at the absurdity of the text cut off
□ it creates a logical appeal by comparing the situation to another text cut off
□ it creates an emotional appeal by implying that the speaker is better text cut off

partial literary passage (left side):
and mighty heroes...
and piteous infants a-below their fate,
with fellow ghosts, and shrieks, and feeble cry
thick as the leaves in autumn strew the woods;
(3) famine, or colder fire, torments the bands;
and some, whose bodies fought to banish death,
shrink, and so thick, the shivering army stands,
and press for passage with extended hands.
now these, now those, the surly boatman bears;
now some he drives to distance from the shore,
“ye cursed,” he drove to distance from the shore,
“the hire,” who beheld with wondering eyes
the tumult mix’d with shrieks, laments, and cry.
ask of his guide, what the rude concourse meant,
why to the shore the thronging people bent,
what forms of law among the ghosts were us’d,
why some were ferried o’er, and some refus’d!
“son of anchises, offspring of the gods,”
the sibyl said, “you see the stygian flood,
the sacred stream which heav’n’s anger doom’d
attests in oaths, and fears to violate:
the ghosts rejected are th’unhappy crew,
depriv’d of sepulchers and funeral due:
the boatman, charon; those, the buried dead,
he ferries over to the farther coast,
nor dares his transport vessel cross the waves,
with passengers unbless’d, or unconfess’d.”

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the options:

1. Option 1 (emotional appeal, speaker afraid): The lines don’t show fear, so eliminate.
2. Option 2 (logical appeal, question Charon’s qualification): The lines don’t question his qualification, eliminate.
3. Option 3 (emotional appeal, absurdity of fate): The contrast (e.g., “To death call him about my life?”) hints at the absurdity of being summoned to death, creating an emotional appeal. This fits.
4. Option 4 (logical appeal, compare situations): No comparison, eliminate.
5. Option 5 (emotional appeal, speaker better than Charon): No such implication, eliminate.

Answer:

The correct option is the one stating: "It creates an emotional appeal by hinting at the absurdity of the [fate]." (Assuming the full option matches this logic, e.g., the third option in the visible choices).