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Question 3 • SC-English 3 Honors

Which excerpt from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" best supports the theme that a person cannot escape reality through fantasy?

Answer

The water, the banks, the forests, the now distant bridge, fort and men—all were commingled and blurred.

A strange, roseate light shone through the spaces among their trunks and the wind made in their branches the music of Aeolian harps.

Doubtless, despite his suffering, he had fallen asleep while walking, for now he sees another scene—perhaps he has merely recovered from a delirium.

Peyton Farquhar was dead; his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge.

Explanation

The story reveals that Farquhar’s escape and journey home were fantasies occurring in the moments before his death. The final excerpt states that he was dead and describes his body hanging beneath the bridge, showing that he could not escape reality. Choice D best supports this theme because it directly contrasts his imagined escape with what actually happened.

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