AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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Read the following excerpt from an original drama. In a small apartment, RUTH confronts her longtime friend CAL about his repeated apologies without change.
RUTH: You keep saying you're sorry.
CAL: I am sorry.
RUTH: Then why does it keep happening?
CAL: I don't know. I panic.
RUTH: You don't panic. You choose.
CAL: That's not fair.
RUTH: Fair? I've been the one cleaning up after you.
CAL: I never asked you to.
RUTH: You never had to. You just left the mess like it was my job.
CAL: (voice small) I'm trying to be better.
RUTH: Trying is not the same as doing.
CAL: (sudden anger) What do you want from me?
RUTH: I want your words to stop being a bandage on a broken bone.
In context, what is the primary function of the metaphor "a bandage on a broken bone"?
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