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The Man Without a Country
Hackett, Walter (adaptation)

Characters

NARRATOR
COLONEL
AARON BURR

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Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

Which of the following is a theme the play develops about corruption?

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Responses

Corruption serves as a means to maintain an unfair system.
Corruption serves as a means to maintain an unfair system.

Corruption is impossible to combat without overhauling the system that allows for such corruption.
Corruption is impossible to combat without overhauling the system that allows for such corruption.

Corruption is a divisive force that turns countrymen against each other.
Corruption is a divisive force that turns countrymen against each other.

Corruption results in innocent people’s lives being ruined while taking the fall for others’ wrongdoings.

Answer 1

Based on the themes often explored in adaptations of "The Man Without a Country," the following theme is likely the most relevant:

**Corruption results in innocent people’s lives being ruined while taking the fall for others’ wrongdoings.**

This theme resonates with the narrative of individuals being affected by the corruption within the system, as seen through the perspectives of the characters in the play.