What is a common theme shared by Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts," Williams's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," and Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus?A.That people will come to the aid of those in needB.That Icarus was foolish for attempting to flyC.That suffering is often ignored or unnoticedD.That Daedalus should have been more protective of his sonSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS
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What is a common theme shared by Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts," Williams's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," and Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus?A.That people will come to the aid of those in needB.That Icarus was foolish for attempting to flyC.That suffering is often ignored or unnoticedD.That Daedalus should have been more protective of his sonSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS
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The common theme shared by Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts," Williams's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," and Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus is C. That suffering is often ignored or unnoticed. All three works depict the fall of Icarus as a minor event in a larger landscape, suggesting that individual suffering often goes unnoticed in the grand scheme of things.
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