The Puritan belief is that the afterlife is part of predestination. Everything that happens is either a reward for one’s good works, or a punishment for one’s sins. Analyze how this idea is portrayed in the novel using the meteor as an example. (RL.9, 10, W.2e, 4, 10, WHST.4, 10, L.2b) WRITER

Read the excerpt from act v, scene iii of romeo and juliet. juliet: go, get thee hence, for i will not away. [exit friar laurence.] what’s here? a cup, clos’d in my true love’s hand? poison, i see, hath been his timeless end. o churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop to me after! i will kiss thy lips; haply, some poison yet doth hang on them, to make me die with a restorative. [kisses him.] which tragic flaw of juliet’s character is reflected in this excerpt? a) her optimistic way of seeing the world b) her tendency to act without forethought c) her tendency to act out of vengeance d) her carefree way of living life