Read this excerpt from Book 2 of The Odyssey and answer the question. Young men, my suitors, now my lord is dead, Let me finish my weaving before I marry, Or else my thread will have been spun in vain. It is a shroud I weave for Lord Laertes, When cold death comes to lay him on his bier. Which character trait is displayed by Penelope in BOTH the poem, “An Ancient Gesture” and these lines from Book 2?

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the correct answer is d. in john paston's letter written friday, 14, 1476, he expresses his fear that he may have to go to war.

indeed, although the black death was ravaging europe, the pastons were relatively safe from it due to their social status as they were part of the landed gentry. it is clear that the vast majority of the victims of the pandemic were the poor. the reason why he is weary of having to go to war is because at the particular time england was also devastated by the war of the roses and paston, being a courtesan was inevitably involved.

the answer is b brothers