PART B: Which of the following quotes regarding Narcissus’s love for himself supports the
answer to Part A?
A. “But her great love increases with neglect; her miserable body wastes away,
wakeful with sorrows; leanness shrivels up her skin, and all her lovely features
melt, as if dissolved upon the wafting winds….” (Paragraph 3)
B. “He cannot move, for so he marvels at himself, and lies with countenance
unchanged, as if indeed a statue carved of Parian marble.” (Paragraph 5)
C. “Nor food nor rest can draw him thence—outstretched upon the overshadowed
green, his eyes fixed on the mirrored image never may know their longings
satisfied, and by their sight he is himself undone.” (Paragraph 6)
D. “No more my shade deceives me, I perceive 'Tis I in thee—I love myself—the
flame arises in my breast and burns my heart….” (Paragraph 6)