September 2018 LSAT
Section 1
Question 21
The author of passage A would be most likely to regard the discussion in passage B regarding "a third kind of opera" ...
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ingaromm on October 14, 2020
Same question!kateg on December 15, 2020
Someone please respond and explain this question!lxnxrd19 on January 14, 2021
can someone help with this please I thought the answer was D?FS101 on July 23, 2021
Passage B states that the third kind of opera would be where the music is subordinate to other features like the words. But we know that in passage A that the author favors music over words. In the passage it states this about the joining of music and words:" Poetry is a great art; so is music. But as a
. medium for emotion, each is greater alone than in
. company, although various good ends arise from
(15) linking the two, providing that the words are
. subordinated to the more expressive medium of music."
Opera is only as good as its music ^. That is why the aesthetics are based on the quality of music.
I got this question wrong initially, but this is what I think explains answer choice B. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I hope this helps.
Ale123 on September 16, 2021
Your explanation did help :)thanks!