Q13

[lhermary]

Please help me though my thought process on this one

A) Is wrong because I don't believe he is compared to his contemporaries in the passage

B) Doesn't say the critics agree or disagree with it

C) Clearly wrong

D) Isn't mentioned

E) is E right because of lines 17-22? The critics view Webster's plays as inconsistent because they keep on comparing his work to Elizabethan dramas?

Thanks

[demetri.blaisdell]

Thanks for posting, lhermany. I think you've got a lot of this.

To support (E), I'd look both at lines 17-22 and lines 30-35. In 30-35, the author is contrasting the "real" Webster with the way the critics have looked at him.

(A) is the opposite of what the critics say. Lines 30-35 show that the critics didn't like that Webster wasn't observing the good/evil dichotomy (not that he was doing it too much)

(B) is the wrong side of the scale. The author thinks this is true, not Webster's critics (Lines 33-35).

(C) is also wrong. Lines 11-16 show that the classical (i.e. Greek) definition of tragedy was more about complex characters that defy the good/bad dichotomy.

(D) is close but still wrong. Lines 38-44 show that the critics think there is moral development (just not the moral development they were looking for).

I hope fleshing these wrong answer choices helps you. Let me know if you have any more questions.

Demetri

[jewels0602]

I was between D and E and chose E because for D, I thought Webster did provide relevant basis for moral development analysis, it was just more complicated--- is that right was to reason out D?

Thanks!!

[rinagoldfield]

I agree, jewels0602. We can eliminate (D) because the critics think that Webster does offer moral development, but that his moral development is too nuanced. The critics take issue with the style of Webster's moral development, but never suggest that he does not provide any.

Rina