Question

read the two passages from the novel war and peace. in passage 1, prince andrew of russia is reflecting on his past relationship with his former fiancée, natasha. passage 2 takes place after he is wounded in battle.
passage 1
\love...that little girl who seemed to me brimming over with mystic forces! yes, indeed, i loved her. i made romantic plans of love and happiness with her! oh, what a boy i was!\ he said aloud bitterly. \ah me! i believed in some ideal love which was to keep her faithful to me for the whole year of my absence! like the gentle dove in the fable she was to pine apart from me... but it was much simpler really... it was all very simple and horrible.\
passage 2
\when loving with human love one may pass from love to hatred, but divine love cannot change. no, neither death nor anything else can destroy it. it is the very essence of the soul. yet how many people have i hated in my life? and of them all, i loved and hated none as i did her.\ and he vividly pictured to himself natasha, not as he had done in the past ... but for the first time picturing to himself her soul. and he understood her feelings, her sufferings, shame, and remorse. he now understood for the first time all the cruelty of his rejection of her, the cruelty of his rupture with her.
from leo tolstoy, war and peace. trans. louise and aylmer maude
based on the passages, how does prince andrew change over the course of the text?
prince andrew is ashamed to have trusted natasha, but he eventually sympathizes with her and admits his own mistakes.
prince andrew is torn between loving natasha and letting her go, but later he realizes that he really loved her all along.
prince andrew doesnt understand why his relationship with natasha ended but comes to understand that he was most at fault.
prince andrew holds onto the idealized version of natasha he knew as a child, though he finally learns to see that she grew up.

Explanation:

In Passage 1, Prince Andrew is bitter about his past relationship with Natasha, thinking she didn't live up to his ideal. In Passage 2, he now understands her feelings, sufferings, and realizes the cruelty of his rejection. He shows a shift from blaming her to sympathizing and admitting his own mistakes.

Answer:

Prince Andrew is ashamed to have trusted Natasha, but he eventually sympathizes with her and admits his own mistakes.