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Excerpt from The Fortune TellerJoaquim Maria Machado de AssisHamlet observes to Horatio that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy. This was theselfsame explanation that was given by beautiful Rita to her lover, Camillo, on a certain Friday of November, 1869, when Camillolaughed at her for having gone, the previous evening, to consult a fortune teller. The only difference is that she made herexplanation in other words,"Laugh, laugh. That's just like you men; you don't believe in anything. Well, let me tell you, I went there and she guessed thereason for my coming before I ever spoke a word. Scarcely had she begun to lay out the cards when she said to me: 'The ladylikes a certain person ... 'I confessed that it was so, and then she continued to rearrange the cards in various combinations, finallytelling me that I was afraid you would forget me, but that there were no grounds for my fear."From the information in these paragraphs, what conclusion might one draw about the culture in which this story is set?AWomen in this culture are beautiful.B)People in this culture are very easily bored.Women in this culture laugh more than men.D)Men in this culture are more skeptical than women,
Read this excerpt from "The Beautiful Girl of the Moon Tower in The People Could Fly"Ai, ai! Make of me an antThat goes where nobody knows."The ant went under the father's bed.The girl came there to her father. She asked him, "My father, where is your life?"Her father said, "Why do you ask me? It is for some bedevilment.""No, I only want to know," she said."Well," he said to her, "my life is inside the belly of a hog in my garden. Inside the hog's belly is an egg. Inside the egg is my life."The ant that was Anton had been listening, and he said, "Ai, ai! Make of me a boy."How does Manuel behave similarly in "Manuel Had a Riddle?Manuel hides from his enemies to discover their intentions.Manuel tricks his enemies with magic and cunning.Manuel defeats his enemies by destroying their lives.Manuel becomes friends with his enemys daughter.