Question

5.

How does the author's description of Liz as "Fate in a green silk skirt" impact the
meaning of paragraph 40?
A. It describes the event as one that was bound to happen.
It describes Liz as irrational and unthinking.
It emphasizes Liz's rough but ethereal beauty.
It illustrates the narrator's opinion that Liz is doing the right thing.

Answer 1

It describes the event as one that was bound to happen.

Answer: Option 1

Step-by-step explanation:

In the story named "The guilty party" which was written by an American writer O. Henry, he wrote about a girl whose name is Liz. It was a tragic story about that girl. In the story, she is bound to get married only and she had no other option.

In the paragraph number 40, the phrase "Fate in a green silk skirt", it describes about the event which is in the luck of that girl. Liz who had been described as the girl in the green skirt, it was in her fate that she had to get married no matter what.