Test

1. I
2. D
3. H
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. E
8. J
9. F
10.G
11.D
12.D
13.D
14.C
15.C
16.C
17.C
18.B
19.D
20.D
Essay
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Oval Portrait” is a story about life and art.
As the story suggests, artists must be deeply committed to their work,
perhaps even to the point of fanaticism, which forces them to disengage from
reality. In the story, the artist is forced to disengage from reality as a result of a
deep commitment to his work. He is so passionate and enthusiastic about his
work that he rarely looks away from the canvas, even to acknowledge the
countenance of his wife, according to Poe.
As a result, the painter becomes detached from reality and starts
mistaking his art for reality itself, which is beneficial for his craft but disastrous
for his everyday life. It is beneficial for the painter's craft, but devastating for
his real life when he becomes so detached from reality. "Entranced by the work
he has created", the painter begins to see his wife exclusively through the lens
of the painting. Rather than his living, breathing spouse, he is obsessed with the
arrangement of shapes and colors on the canvas, which simulates her presence
in the ideal way. So the art can be so absorbing that people can even not
understand the borders of real life and just picture.