Part b: which two of the following quotes best supports the answer to part a?

-also what are the two major themes of the story?
*the lady or the tiger commonlit*

a: “among the borrowed notions by which his barbarism had become semified was that of the public arena” ( paragraph 2)
b: “this vast in which crime was punished, or virtue rewarded, by the decrees of an impartial and incorruptible chance.” ( paragraph 4)
c: “the accused person was instantly punished if he found himself guilty, and, if innocent, he was rewarded on the spot” ( paragraph 7)
d: “he turned, and with a firm and rapid step he walked across the empty space… without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right, and opened it.” ( paragraph 18)
e: “the more we reflect upon this question, the harder it is to answer. it involves a study of the human heart which leads us through devious mazes of passion” ( paragraph 20)
f: “would it not be better for him to die at once, and go to wait for her in the blessed regions of semi-barbaric futurity? ” ( paragraph 23)

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.

in the secret life of walter mitty, the main character leads a dull life, or so he thinks.in all his daydreams he plays the role of some hero or a man who is unbelievably resourceful.whether a pilot, a surgeon   or even a criminal, he is better, so much better than all the rest of the characters in his delusions.he comes up with ideas nobody else could have conceived .when he comes back to reality, whatever he has to deal with seems silly, boring without any motivation to deliver.

in a sound of thunder a hunter,eckles, wants to use a time machine to go back in time to catch a tyrannosaurus rex. by then, 2055 elections were go held and a   new hitler was beaten by a far better candidate, keith.once he and other men have traveled,   he gets cold feet. he in   some way has known   this is not a good idea.he hears this sound , too strong for him to put up with . hopeless, he abandons the project making a mistake - another one as the first is to travel in time-that causes a butterfly effect when he comes back. in the end , changes reality for worse; the anti human anti christ deutscher,   is the president.

he uses the metaphor autumn.