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Read the passage from "The Lady, or the Tiger."
What is the most likely purpose of describing the
amphitheater as "an agent of poetic justice?"
The arena of the king was built, not to give the people
an opportunity of hearing the rhapsodies of dying
gladiators, nor to enable them to view the inevitable
conclusion of a conflict between religious opinions and
hungry jaws, but for purposes far better adapted to
widen and develop the mental energies of the people.
This vast amphitheater, with its encircling galleries, its
mysterious vaults, and its unseen passages, was an
agent of poetic justice, in which crime was punished,
or virtue rewarded, by the decrees of an impartial and
incorruptible chance.
to suggest that the king is a fair and just ruler
to reveal that the trials always end the same just
way
to show that the building's architecture is a beautiful
site of justice
O to imply that justice given out in the arena is not just
at all
