How does srimati’s experience develop the theme that beauty without morality is dangerous?

a) srimati’s beauty attracts the attention of a wealthy man. without someone to protect her, she gives in to temptation and deserts her home and son.
b) because she is beautiful and unmarried, srimati becomes an easy target for people with evil intentions.
c) srimati’s beauty captivates those around her. without encouragement from her, many of the men act inappropriately, which damages the community.
d) unable to be alone and live without love, srimati abandons her son and her morals to start a new life.

Which two sentences in this excerpt from theodore dreiser my brother paul are examples of characterization that suggest paul is a superstitious person?

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demons that is dreaming which of these poetic devices is used here?

1) earth's crust is made up of relatively rigid plates that ride atop earth's hot, semiliquid mantle. (2) the plates are called tectonic because they're in constant motion. (3) they can move because earth's mantle is a very hot and semiliquid fluid called magma. (4) volcanoes are a result of magma rising up or erupting through a plate, particularly where plate boundaries are moving against each other. (5) also, when plates slide against each other, causing friction along adjacent plate boundaries, earthquakes frequently occur. (6) therefore, we often find volcanoes and earthquakes along plate boundaries. (7) plates may also collide. (8) when that happens, mountain ranges are formed. (9) for example, the collision of the plate carrying the indian subcontinent created the himalayan mountains when it collided with the asian plate. which statement about this paragraph is accurate?