Question

The main theme of the story is _______

• A. old customs are better than new ones
• B. two people's love is stronger than circumstance
• C. love can indeed be extinguished by time apart
• D. absence makes the heart grow fonder
• E. parents are to be respected
  

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

two people's love is stronger than circumstance

The passage tells the story of two lovers who are being bound to other people due to circumstances. They were betrothed to other people yet their love did not cease to exist for one another. Hence,option B is the correct answer.

Options A,C,D,E are incorrect.