Which reading of Tomas's last line is best supported by the whole scene?
ELENA: You kept the letters.
TOMAS: I kept everything. That was the problem.
ELENA: (picking one up, not opening it) Forty years of paper, and you never once wrote back.
TOMAS: I wrote back every night. I only forgot to post them.
TOMAS: I kept everything. That was the problem.
ELENA: (picking one up, not opening it) Forty years of paper, and you never once wrote back.
TOMAS: I wrote back every night. I only forgot to post them.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. He admits that failing to act caused his silence, yet excuses himself
- Step 1: Earlier he calls his habit of keeping things "the problem". Step 2. His final line confesses failure but softens it, so excuse and regret both appear. Answer: a failure to act that he may also be excusing. Why not the others: Faithfulness without apology, loss of care and a second writer are unsupported.
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