How are the themes of “We Wear the Mask” and "A Man Said to the Universe" similar?

In “We Wear the Mask,” people hide their pain while facing the pressures of a society that judges and oppresses them. In “A Man Said to the Universe,” the universe acknowledges that the man exists but feels no obligation to him. Both poems show humans as vulnerable or powerless in the face of forces beyond their control, so D is correct.

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