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What conclusion can be drawn about juliet based on her reaction to her pending wedding? she embraces traditions. she is delighted and obedient. she is stubborn and willful. she respects authority.

Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?