Question

Which of the following statements is a paradox? a) “There is no room for the impurities of literature in an essay.” (“The Modern Essay,” Virginia Woolf)

b) “This affair must all be unraveled from within.” (The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie)
c) “Men work together . . . whether they work together or apart.” (“The Tuft of Flowers,” Robert Frost)​

Answer 1

c) “Men work together . . . whether they work together or apart.” (“The Tuft of Flowers,” Robert Frost)

Step-by-step explanation:

A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory or absurd, but that may in fact be true. The statement "Men work together . . .. whether they work together or apart" is paradoxical because it seems to say that men can work together even when they are not working together.

This is a contradiction, but it can be resolved by understanding that the statement is referring to the fact that men are social creatures who are interdependent on each other. Even when men are working apart, they are still working together in the sense that they are all part of a larger community.

The other two statements are not paradoxes. Statement a) is simply a statement about the nature of essays, and statement

b) is a statement about the need to investigate a crime from within. Neither of these statements contain any contradictions.

So the answer is c.