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What makes Charles Dickens's line 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' a paradox? (1 point)
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The phrase has no real opposite ideas
The phrase has no real opposite ideas

The opposite statements show complex history
The opposite statements show complex history

The line describes one time period
The line describes one time period

The statement gives simple history facts
The statement gives simple history facts

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The opposite statements show complex history

(The line is a paradox because it presents two contradictory truths—best and worst—about the same time, highlighting complexity and contradiction.)