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Updated on: 03 May 2020, 10:53
Originally posted by anik19890 on 27 Feb 2016, 22:42.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 03 May 2020, 10:53, edited 2 times in total.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 03 May 2020, 10:53, edited 2 times in total.
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Both Darkly Comic and Tragic deeply, Guy's biography of the 12th Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket Sir, is a Portrait of a saint with Plenty of Shadows. Does it Diminish Becket for us to know that this future martyr in a hair shirt (clothing worn by ascetics) also made sure to keep a fine silk robe handy for his return to Canterbury, a stately progress one chronicler compared to Christ's entry into Jerusalem? That his abstemious diet was partly the result of a lifelong susceptibility to chronic, and debilitating, indigestion? That one of his oldest and closest friends would have found his canonization "utterly absurd"? Only if we prefer the black-and-white certainties of hagiography to the convincingly human portrayal of a charismatic, contradictory individual who was, as Guy puts it, "as prickly as he was smooth... a man with the habits of a hedgehog.
1.The primary purpose of this passage is to
A. provide insight into the contradictions of a historical figure
B. enumerate the shortcomings of a piece of literature
C. praise a work for favoring a complex portrayal over a simple one
D. criticize practices particular to a certain time
E. present a balanced depiction of a well-known historical person
A. provide insight into the contradictions of a historical figure
B. enumerate the shortcomings of a piece of literature
C. praise a work for favoring a complex portrayal over a simple one
D. criticize practices particular to a certain time
E. present a balanced depiction of a well-known historical person
2.The author’s tone towards Guy’s biography of Becket can best be described as
A. apologetic
B. neutral
C. ambivalent
D. sardonic
E. appreciative
A. apologetic
B. neutral
C. ambivalent
D. sardonic
E. appreciative
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First the author asks a question: “Does Guy's biography diminish Becket for us?” And then answers it at the ending of the passage “Only if we prefer the black-and-white certainties … to the convincingly human portrayal of ….”
This shows that author appreciates Guy for portraying Becket convincingly
Hence
1) The primary purpose of this passage is to
c. praise a work for favoring a complex portrayal over a simple one
2) The author’s tone towards Guy’s biography of Becket can best be described as
e. appreciative
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Q1. The passage focuses on Guy's biography of Becket, more than Becket himself. All the arguments and statements in the passage are about what's written in the biography, hence the passage is a critique on the biography(Option A and E are out). The last sentence "Only if we prefer the black-and-white certainties of hagiography to the convincingly human portrayal of a charismatic, contradictory individual who was, as Guy puts it, "as prickly as he was smooth... a man with the habits of a hedgehog." makes it clear that the author is really appreciative of Guy's work, and thus Options B and D are out. That leaves us with our correct option- C.
Q2. The author's statement about the biography, "convincingly human portrayal of a charismatic", in the last sentence speaks appreciation. This is also strongly supported when he decides to close the argument by quoting none other than Guy himself( as Guy puts it, "as prickly as he was smooth... a man with the habits of a hedgehog.). Option E, hands down!
Q2. The author's statement about the biography, "convincingly human portrayal of a charismatic", in the last sentence speaks appreciation. This is also strongly supported when he decides to close the argument by quoting none other than Guy himself( as Guy puts it, "as prickly as he was smooth... a man with the habits of a hedgehog.). Option E, hands down!
