English, 06.05.2020 20:22 jforeman42

Which aspect of Editha's character does the following excerpt from William Dean Howells's short story "Editha" reveal? "That ignoble peace! It was no peace at all, with that crime and shame at our very gates." She was conscious of parroting the current phrases of the newspapers, but it was no time to pick and choose her words. She must sacrifice anything to the high ideal she had for him, and after a good deal of rapid argument she ended with the climax: "But now it doesn't matter about the how or why. Since the war has come, all that is gone. There are no two sides, any more. There is nothing now but our country." A. empty idealism B. pragmatism C. manipulation D. moral fortitude

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