What contrasting images are presented through the metaphors of light and shadow?

Happiness and sadness

Love and hatred

Knowledge and ignorance

Truth and deception

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D. Truth and deception

The contrasting images of light and shadow represent truth and deception in love, emphasizing how perceptions can change and mislead.

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