In the Passage, why would Miss Havisham's
wedding experience have been life-altering from
her point of view as a woman in the Victorian
era?
She would inherit a great deal more money.
She would feel empowered by her single status.
She would have to give up her home.
She would be publicly humiliated.

She would be publicly humiliated.

Explanation:

Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations tells the story of an orphan boy named Pip. Despite his childhood of poverty, through a secret benefactor, he became a respectable gentleman and came back for Estella.

Miss Havisham is the guardian of Estella. Pip had visited them when he was a young boy. In Chapter XXII, Mr. Herbert told Pip about Miss Havisham who had been engaged to be married to a man named Compeyson. But on the day of their wedding, the groom sent a note telling her that he will not be present for the wedding. This event would have embarrassed her, more like left her mortified so much that she did not even move out of the house or seen the sun. She even set the time of her clocks to the exact time she was jilted- "twenty minutes to nine". This experienced would have publicly humiliated her, for a woman during the Victorian era.

Thus, the correct answer is the last option.

She would be publicly humiliated.

Explanation:

From Charles Dickens Great Expectations, Miss Havisham faced public humiliation and scorn after her step brother hated her and decided to connive with a conman named Compeyson to swindle her of her wealth and leave her at the altar on the day of her wedding.

After this experience, Miss Havisham is heartbroken and devastated and decides to take her revenge on all men. After she was defrauded and jilted, she did not leave her room or many weeks.

In the 19th Century Victorian era, young single women had their options limited as marriage was the most viable option or them. It was unthinkable for a single lady, rich or poor to go out and work.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.

answer: d

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