Exploring the Qualities of a Folk Hero

“Well, Mas Tom,” he said finally, “this old raccoon, he run a long time, but they caught him at last.”
When John said that, his owner, Tom, lifted the box and the smaller box. Lo and behold, a raccoon jumped out to the ground.
“Well, thank you, Uncle John!” says his owner. He couldn't've been happier. See, John was a prophet and Mas Tom was a whole bunch richer.
—“The Most Useful Slave,”
Virginia Hamilton
Based on this passage, write two to four sentences explaining why enslaved people might have seen Uncle John as a hero.

What is emerson's argument? nature contains faith and reason. nature reflects disgrace and calamity. nature can repair all things.

How does the author create a surprise ending? cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

Read the excerpt from act iv, scene iv of romeo and juliet. capulet: good faith! ’tis day: the county will be here with music straight, for so he said he would. [music within.] i hear him near. nurse! wife! what, no! what, nurse, i say! 30 re-enter nurse. go waken juliet, go and trim her up; i’ll go and chat with paris. hie, make haste, make haste; the bridegroom he is come already: make haste, i say. [exeunt.] 35 this scene is an example of dramatic irony used to create suspense since the audience knows that the musicians will not arrive on time. capulet approves of the match to paris. romeo is already married to juliet. the nurse will be unable to rouse juliet.