What compelled the grimms to concentrate on old german epics, tales, and literature was a belief that the most natural and pure forms of culture-those which held the community together-were linguistic and based in history. according to them, modern literature, even though it might be remarkably rich, was artificial and thus could not express the genuine essence of volk culture that emanated naturally from experience and bound the people together. therefore, all their efforts went toward uncovering stories from the past. what is the author's purpose for writing the essay "how the grimm brothers saved the fairy tale"? a - to entertain children with details from the grimms' tales b - to persuade adults to read and enjoy fairy tales c - to inform scholars of the ways modern literature can d - to inform readers of the reasons why the grimms more often be artificial collected their tales ( - 15 points! )

Read the excerpt from queen elizabeth's response to parliament's request that she marry. for i assure you (what credit my assurance may have with you, i cannot tell, but what credit it shall deserve to have, the sequel shall declare) i will never in that matter conclude any thing that shall be prejudicial to the realm. for the weal, good and safety whereof, i will never shun to spend my life; and whomsoever it shall be my chance to light upon, i trust he shall be such, as shall be as careful for the realm as you; i will not say as myself, because i cannot so certainly determine of any other, but by my desire he shall be such as shall be as careful for the preservation of the realm and you, as myself. in this excerpt, queen elizabeth says "for the weal, good and safety whereof, i will never shun to spend my life" in order to convince her audience that she is unbiased, intelligent, and rarely makes mistakes. inform her audience that she will work hard to win back the broken trust of her followers. persuade her audience that she will never make personal decisions that will harm england. remind her audience that she is the ruler and in charge of enacting laws that protect england.

Someone answer this asap for an office manger uses the function s(x) to determine the number of shirts the company can make when the employees work for a total of x hours. when the employees have worked for a total of 300 hours, they produces 500 shirts. which equation correctly represents the company’s production of shirts? a. s(300) = 500 b. s(300) = 800 c. s(500) = 300 d. s(500) = 800

Based on structural elements what type of expository text does this excerpt from a 1917 congressional address by president woodrow wilson exemplify