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Directions: Read Text II and answer question 03 accordingly.
TEXT II
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it
was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it
was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it
was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it
5 was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we
had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we
were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going the
other way – in short, the period was so far like the present
period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its
10 being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative
degree of comparison only.
(DICKENS, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Penguin Books, 1994.)
Directions: Read Text III and answer question 04 and 05 accordingly.
TEXT III
Franval who lived in Paris, where he was born,
possessed, along with an income of 400,000 livres, the
finest figure, the most pleasant face and the most varied
talents; but beneath this attractive exterior lay hidden
5 every vice, and unfortunately those of which the adoption
and habitual indulgence lead so rapidly to crime. An
imagination more unbridled than anything one can depict
was Franval’s prime defect; men of this kind do not mend
their ways, the decline of power makes them worse; the
10 less they do, the more they undertake; the less they
achieve, the more they invent; each age brings new ideas,
and satiety, far from cooling their ardour, only prepares
the way for more fatal refinements.
(SADE, Marquis de. The Gothic Tales of the Marquis de Sade. 2000.)
A similarity between Text II and Text III can be found in the following aspect(s):
Directions: Read Text II and answer question 03 accordingly.
TEXT II
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it
was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it
was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it
was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it
5 was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we
had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we
were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going the
other way – in short, the period was so far like the present
period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its
10 being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative
degree of comparison only.
(DICKENS, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Penguin Books, 1994.)
Directions: Read Text III and answer question 04 and 05 accordingly.
TEXT III
Franval who lived in Paris, where he was born,
possessed, along with an income of 400,000 livres, the
finest figure, the most pleasant face and the most varied
talents; but beneath this attractive exterior lay hidden
5 every vice, and unfortunately those of which the adoption
and habitual indulgence lead so rapidly to crime. An
imagination more unbridled than anything one can depict
was Franval’s prime defect; men of this kind do not mend
their ways, the decline of power makes them worse; the
10 less they do, the more they undertake; the less they
achieve, the more they invent; each age brings new ideas,
and satiety, far from cooling their ardour, only prepares
the way for more fatal refinements.
(SADE, Marquis de. The Gothic Tales of the Marquis de Sade. 2000.)
A similarity between Text II and Text III can be found in the following aspect(s):
Resolução comentada
Ambos os textos apresentam pares de conceitos contrastantes.
O Texto II usa antíteses (best/worst, wisdom/foolishness, light/darkness). O Texto III usa pares do tipo 'the less they do, the more they undertake', e a dualidade aparece nos dois.
Análise das alternativas
A) Errada: não há consolo nem esperança de futuro imutável. B) Errada: os textos não descrevem as motivações dos personagens por completo. D) Errada: não há ação e violência combinadas.
Referência: Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities; Sade, The Gothic Tales
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