Lesson Six: Reality and Cynicism in Poetry Answers

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What social issue do the laborers and convicts represent? povertyX social class ✔ crime and violence

poverty

X social class

✔ crime and violence

How does Bierce's definition of a cynic relate to naturalism?

Naturalism focuses on corrupt and immoral characters such as blackguards.

Naturalism is based on the belief that people are inherently evil.

Naturalism reveals things as they are, rather than as one would prefer to see them.

Naturalism reveals things as they should be, even if that vision is perceived as faulty.

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