Read this excerpt from "the monk's tale": for hercules, victor of sovereign power, his labours sing his praise and lasting fame, who in his time was human strength in flower. he slew a lion and he skinned the same; he robbed the centaurs of their boasted name; he slew the harpies, cruel birds and fell; he robbed the golden apples, overcame their dragon-guard, drove cerberus from hell . . which best describes how the words used in this excerpt to reveal its overall tone? a. words like "power" and "strength" reveal the excerpt's menacing tone. b. words like "victor" and "praises" reveal the excerpt's admiring tone. c. words like "robbed" and "slew" reveal the excerpt's respectful tone. d. words like "fame" and "boasted" reveal the excerpts condescending tone.

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from "the lady of shalott" by alfred, lord tennyson. how is the isolation of the lady emphasized through the poem's settings? on either side the river lie long fields of barley and of rye, that clothe the wold and meet the sky and thro' the field the road runs by to many-towerd camelot and up and down the people go. gazing where the lilies blow round an island there below. the island of shalott a. she lives in a building that is not known to anyone b. while she lives in camelot, she cannot leave her tower c. the town has fields and roads, but she lives in a secluded tower d. she lives in a place that is far away from the road to camelot e. she is surrounded by gray stone walls in the tower reset next 2019 edmentum all rights reserved unit 4 activity-ec. docx a n ittarit