Which of these is a theme statement? the story had an impact on many readers. a group of friends achieves success in the city. hard work and perseverance pays off in the end. a woman and her children move to a new town.

Hard work and perseverance pays off in the end.

Explanation:

In literature, a theme is a message or life/universal lesson, often expressed in one single sentence, that a literature work conveys about a topic. And just as there are many topics in a single narrative, the are several themes. From all the choices, option "Hard work and perseverance pays off in the end." is an example of a theme because it's the only one that expresses a message that we may take as a piece of advice to apply to our own life or to other literature work.

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.  

i'm pretty sure i had this question the other day and b was the right answer.