Listen Which passage from "The Golden Apples" expresses a central idea in the text?
The Golden Apples
O "No person could be worth such a risk!" [Hippomenes) exclaimed. "Only an idiot would try to win her for his wife!"
Atalanta was certain these harsh conditions would discourage everyone from wanting to marry her.
As Atalanta stared at the proud young man, she wondered why the gods would wish one as young and bold as Hippomenes to die.
O "You must never marry." (Apollo) told (Atalanta) one day. "If you do, you will surely lose your own identity."
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Read the passage from the "general prologue" to the canterbury tales and answer the question. at table she had been well taught withal, and never from her lips let morsels fall, nor dipped her fingers deep in sauce, but ate with so much care the food upon her plate that never driblet fell upon her breast. in courtesy she had delight and zest. her upper lip was always wiped so clean that in her cup was no iota seen of grease, when she had drunk her draught of wine. what can we infer is chaucer's point in including this description of the prioress? to illustrate her commendable manners. to distinguish her from less courteous pilgrims. to show her discomfort at being outside her convent. to emphasize her lack of religious priority