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Len has written an essay about the colors that Abbey uses in King Lear: Cordelia’s Farewell.

He has made a claim about why Abbey chose certain colors for the characters, but he has not connected his ideas well. Which connecting words or phrases should he add to these sentences to show a logical connection between ideas?

Abbey clothes the older sisters in blood-red and black fabrics to suggest their untrustworthy motivations;
____, he clothes Cordelia in pale colors and white to suggest her innocence. The old king is also dressed in pale colors;
____, in his case the colors suggest his age and frailty, unlike the rich reds and grays worn by the young, powerful King of France.

1. Similarly, in Contrast
2. consequently, however