Find a word in "The Story of the Porter and the Three Ladies" with which you are unfamiliar. Use any or all of the strategies in this lesson to determine its meaning. In at least one hundred and fifty words, describe what you did to define the word. Include a reference to its context in the story, and the word's definition. Finish by using the word in a new sentence. I will be immensely grateful for your help.

Read the excerpt from act i, scene v of romeo and juliet which best describes paris's reaction when he believes that juliet has died? paris: have i thought long to see this morning's face, and doth it give me such a sight as this? o he's angry that the friar gave her poison. o he's relieved that the wedding is canceled. o he's sympathetic toward her parents. o he's devastated that he cannot marry her.

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

How is time represented in “persistence of memory” by salvador dali? what effect does dali achieve? can writers use similar techniques in written works? how would writers achieve this with words?