Question

(RL.1.2)PART B: How does Coolidge present the theme identified in Part A in "Arachne" (source 2)?

a. She emphasizes the fear of displeasing the gods.
O b. She highlights the price Arachne pays for her arrogance.
c. She displays Arachne's unparalleled skill with the loom.
d. She focuses on the Arachne's disrespectful attitude towards the old woman

Answer 1

Answer: b. She highlights the price Arachne pays for her arrogance.

Step-by-step explanation:

No excerpt attached but based on the story by Coolidge, the above is the answer.

In this iteration of the events between Minerva and Arachne, Coolidge highlights how Minerva punished Arachne for her arrogance in challenging and taunting the goddess.

Arachne had been so good a weaver that she challenged and beat the goddess of weaving, Minerva, in a weaving contest. She was very arrogant about it and drew the rage of the goddess who then transformed her to a spider so that she and her descendants would weave forever.