Read the passage from "on seeing the elgin marbles." so do these wonders a most dizzy pain, that mingles grecian grandeur with the rude wasting of old time—with a billowy main— a sun—a shadow of a magnitude. now, read the passage from "ozymandias," another poem from the romantic period. and on the pedestal these words appear: "my name is ozymandias, king of kings: look on my works, ye mighty, and despair! " nothing beside remains. round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away. how do the passages' themes compare? both passages have the theme "time erases everything." "elgin marbles" has the theme "art outlasts even death," while "ozymandias" has the theme "death comes to everything." both passages have the theme "nature is cruel." "elgin marbles" has the theme "decay is inevitable," while "ozymandias" has the theme "fame survives death."

Which event in macbeth happens first? oa. the witches plan to trick macbeth and make him overconfident.ob. lady macbeth feels guilty and kills herself.oc. macbeth learns that macduff was not "born of woman."od. banquo is killed but his son, fleance, escapes.

Read the excerpt below from "letter from birmingham jail" and then answer the question below: "my citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking. but i must confess that i am not afraid of the word "tension." i have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. just as socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood." how does king's repetition of the term "tension" impact the meaning of the text? dr. king says that he is afraid of the word tension and he doesn't think it is necessary. dr. king repeats the word tension to explain how he sees the word as a negative force that discourages change. dr. king repeats the word tension unintentionally, and it doesn't impact the meaning of the text. dr. king repeats the word tension to support how he views the word tension as positive and growth-producing.

Reflect on the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. in five to six sentences, explain how dr. jekyll develops