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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
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Sentence completion

0 "Melodramas, which presented stark oppositions between innocence and criminality, virtue and corruption, good and evil, were popular precisely because they offered the audience a world 01i00___ of ___02i00. 02br
00A. bereft … theatricality 02br
00B. composed … adversity 02br
00C. full … circumstantiality 02br
00D. deprived … polarity 02br
00E. devoid … neutrality" 02br
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00I was caught up, 'cause I think both B and E sound right. 02br
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00Could you tell me which one is correct, and why? 0-
  

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0B is no good, because adversity is not the concept presented; it is the bipolarity of good and bad-- nothing was neutral grey in the melodrama, it was all black or white. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 0B is no good, because adversity is not the concept presented; it is the bipolarity of good and bad-- nothing was neutral grey in the melodrama, it was all black or white.
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0B is no good, because adversity is not the concept presented; it is the bipolarity of good and bad-- nothing was neutral grey in the melodrama, it was all black or white. 0-
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0 Thank you, Mr Micawber. You're so kind. I think I misunderstood the meaning of "adversity". 0-
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