One theme evident in these lines from the passage is fear. which other theme has the author brought in by depicting a contrast in ideas? my first emotions had been those of pure melancholy and sincerest pity; but just in proportion as the forlornness of bartleby grew and grew to my imagination, did that same melancholy merge into fear, that pity into repulsion. so true it is, and so terrible too, that up to a certain point the thought or sight of misery enlists our best affections; but, in certain special cases, beyond that point it does not. a. compassion b. chaos c. death d. ignorance

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?

Write one paragraph that evaluates the effectiveness of jack zipes’s essay.

Which word in this excerpt from act i, scene i, of richard iii means “to listen”