What is the author's purpose in writing that each of the three men had
once been on the verge of 'cutting each other's throats?
A)
to give a symbolic reference to blood, which is the
color of a rose
B)
to justify Colonel Killigrew's name...He once would
'kill' to get his girl.
C)
to express the extent each man would go to win the
heart of Widow Wycherly
D)
to demonstrate that each man was capable of murder
under the right circumstances