Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest.
Jack. . . . Old Mr. Thomas Cardew, who adopted me when I was a little boy, made me in his will guardian to his grand-daughter, Miss Cecily Cardew. Cecily, who addresses me as her uncle from motives of respect that you could not possibly appreciate, lives at my place in the country under the charge of her admirable governess, Miss Prism.
Algernon. Where is that place in the country, by the way?
Jack. That is nothing to you, dear boy. You are not going to be invited . . .
By refusing to let Algernon meet Cecily, what character trait does Jack display?
protectiveness
mischievousness
jealousy
<span>compassion
The answer is </span>protectiveness
The meaning of the phrase "thou art wedded to calamity” is that <u>You often have disaster around you.</u>
This dialogue has been said by Friar Lawrence to Romeo in the play “Romeo and Juliet.” sufferings have been personified as a human being with whom Romeo has completed the steps of marriage. It was after meeting and falling in love with Juliet that Romeo's life got surrounded by difficulties. A metaphor has been used in the line which compares Juliet with 'calamity.'
Answer:
1) My niece is only a toddler.
2) My little brother is a young child
3) My great grandfather is a centenarian
4) My cousin Jack is in his teens
5) My mother is middle-aged
6) My nephew is a toddler
7) My sister is in her twenties
She could not believe that such a violent (or vile) act would be committed.
That type of figurative language is a metaphor.
