Question

He looked like a man cut away from the stake, when the fire has overrunningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them, or taking away one particle from their compacted aged robustness. His whole high, broad form, seemed made of solid bronze, and shaped in an unalterable mould, like Cellini’s cast Perseus. Which best states the theme that is developed in this excerpt?A. man’s ability to exercise free willB. the paralysis that fate inflicts on manC. the flexibility of man’s intellectD. man’s inability to impact nature

Answer 1

Answer: B

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Answer 2

The paralysis that fate inflicts on man

Step-by-step explanation:

This excerpt wants you imagine what the cruel reality of life and fate can do to a single man, it describes a lone, depressed, tired man that even with everything that is going on with his life at the moment, has nothing else to do than keep looking forward for the torture to end.