Maggie has just read a soliloquy in which the play’s antagonist challenges the gods with the following words: “oh, gods, you cannot stop me now! no force of nature can halt my plan already in progress. tonight, indeed, the king shall propose to irnesta, although he knows not that her allegiance is already sworn to me. ha! and then, when that weak and softhearted king has pledged his love to a serpent in disguise, i shall finally see my moment of sweet revenge! ” what can maggie learn from the antagonist’s words? a. that the antagonist worships and honors the gods and their laws. b. that irnesta is really a horse in disguise. c. that the antagonist feels that in the past he was wronged by the king. d. that the antagonist secretly admires the king. 1 of   its c!

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

In at least 150 words, explain the symbolism of the quilt in “everyday use.”

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief