18pts.
Choose the statement(s) below that best summarize Alexander Pope's meaning in the following passage from his letter to Lady Mary.
"The unhappy distance at which we correspond, removes a great many of those punctilious restrictions and decorums that oftentimes in nearer conversation prejudice truth to
save good breeding. I may now hear of my faults, and you of your good qualities, without a blush on either side. We converse upon such unfortunate generous terms as exclude the regards of fear, shame, or design in either of us."
1. Communicating through letters allows us to be more authentic and less formal.
2. Communicating through letters isn't worth the effort.
3. Letters are too formal; if only we could speak openly in person.
4. When speaking via letters, we won't feel shame or embarrassment about what is said.
5. Communicating through letters allows us to be more blunt about and to each other.
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