Madame Butterfly and Miss Saigon Have What in Common

question 8

Multiple Choice

Madame Butterfly and Miss Saigon have what in common?

• A) Both are set in the context of the Vietnam War.
• B) Both were written by Giacomo Puccini.
• C) Both are based on the character of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
• D) Both heroines fall in love with and are betrayed by U.S. military men.
• E) Both plots are romances with happy endings.

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Definitions:

Universal Form

A concept in philosophy that suggests the existence of abstract properties or forms that universally apply to instances of various objects or ideas.

Fall in Love

The emotional process of developing strong feelings of affection and attachment towards another person.

Oedipus Rex

A tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles that tells the story of Oedipus, a man who inadvertently fulfills a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother.

Aristotle

Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great, whose works covered various subjects including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology.