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Instructions:Select the correct answer.
Which statement best explains this excerpt from act v, scene I, of Twelfth Night?

SEBASTIAN: [to OLIVIA] So comes it, lady, you have been mistook:
But nature to her bias drew in that.
You would have been contracted to a maid;
Nor are you therein, by my life, deceived;
You are betroth'd both to a maid and man.

A) Sebastian explains that the case of mistaken identity has worked in Olivia’s favor because she has married Sebastian, not Viola.
B) Sebastian says that Olivia has mistakenly married a woman instead of a man, which goes against the "bias" of nature.
C) Sebastian is mocking Olivia because she married someone without really knowing that person's identity.
D) Sebastian is congratulating Olivia for marrying a great man and hiring a maid to help with her household.
E) Sebastian is unwilling to get married and tells Olivia that it would be a mistake to expect him to do so.

Respuesta :

The correct answer is A) Sebastian explains that the case of mistaken identity has worked in Olivia’s favor because she has married Sebastian, not Viola.

Nature's bias is actually that a woman cannot marry another woman, but that is fixed with this outcome of events. However, the fact that she married a maiden is not completely wrong, because Sebastian is himself a virgin, therefore "both a maid and a man".

Answer:

A.  Sebastian explains that the case of mistaken identity has worked in Olivia’s favor because she has married Sebastian, not Viola.

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