How does the epigram affect this scene? Miss Prism: . . . The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.
Answer
A
It suggests the serious idea that tidy endings are uncommon in real life.
B
It reveals the optimistic idea that most endings are a good thing.
C
It explains the humorous idea that bad endings are usually happy.
D
It introduces the pessimistic idea that happy endings only happen in stories.
Explanation
Miss Prism sums up fiction as arranging for good people to end happily and bad people to end unhappily. Her neat rule is humorous because real life does not always sort outcomes so fairly. The line therefore suggests that happy endings belong to stories, matching choice D.
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