What is most ironic about the fact that hippolyta has become betrothed to theseus in act 1? question 8 options: getting betrothed should be illegal during this time period, but it is not. shakespeare is making fun of marriage here through hippolyta's character. the people of athens do not know he is married to titania. this is ironic because he cannot be betrothed to titania and hippolyta. theseus is the king of the amazons. this is ironic because he really should be marrying the queen of the amazons. theseus conquered hippolyta and won her love through war. this is ironic because one usually does not usually associate love with war.

the question concerns exactly this part of the speech:

i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of the peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

president wilson talks about the lives of people destroyed by german army. but these people are not americans, they are the local people living in europe. the president mentions the barbarity of germans, considering that he is not targeting the nation, instead it is said about german army. the correct answer is the last one.

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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