Question

Eriene gazed across the field, noticing how peaceful Creature's Cove seemed now. The only evidence of the battle were the scorched patches of earth dotting the landscape like a sunburn. Eriene clasped the jade pendant that dangled heavily under her robe. Her great-aunt's words echoed in her head. "This necklace has always belonged to the protector of what is good and just in the kingdom. Now, it belongs to you."

Eriene had passed her first test, the dragon no longer a threat to the kingdom's way of life. Wisps of smoke drifted up from the land that its poisonous breath had burned. Soon, new grass would poke through, and memories of the battle would recede into the past. But Eriene knew this was not the end. This dragon lay slain in the Yonderland. But its spirit would return again and again in different forms.

What is a THEME of this passage?

Question 5 options:

Evil will go away forever once it is defeated.


Good and evil always exist together in the world.


Nice people are hard to find.


People often forget things they don't want to remember.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Good and evil always exist together in the world.

Details from the passage, such as the description of Eriene's necklace, suggest that Eriene is protector of goodness and justice in the kingdom. She has slayed the evil dragon, but she knows the spirit of evil will return in different forms. This provides evidence that a theme is "good and evil always exist together in the world."