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Stone, two or three feet thick, the door of wood and iron, a foot thick, and the iron grating which strained the light, i could not being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if i were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. i wondered that it should have concluded at length that this was the best use it could put me to, and had never thought to avail itself of my services in some way. i saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through before they could get to be as free as i was. i did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar. i felt as if i alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. — “civil disobedience,” henry david thoreau based on this passage, how did thoreau feel about his confinement?

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English, 22.06.2019 07:00

Directions: in 2 - 3 paragraphs respond to mack's idea about the "interplay of life and literature" in lines 92 - 100 in " why read shakespeare". 1. explain what it means to say that finding meaning in shakespeare "is a sort of proving ground for finding beauty and meaning in life". provide reasons that support your claim. 2. explain which is more important - that literature teaches readers about life or that understanding life readers understand literature. identify examples from literature you have read. 3. summarize your view of the interplay between literature and your own lives, explaining whether you see a connection or not and why.

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English, 22.06.2019 08:20

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief

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English, 22.06.2019 18:30

Click on the box to choose whether each sentence restates the key idea expressed in the key sentence. key idea: it is sometimes necessary to adjust yourself to those who fail to adjust to you. people like to have their own way. (does) (does not) restate the idea? animals are required to adjust their living patterns to their environment. (does) (does not) restate the idea? people often find it necessary to make adjustments in their lives because others won't. (does) (does not) restate the idea? we should treat others like we would want to be treated. (does) (does not) restate the idea? some people refuse to change. (does) (does not) restate the idea? others' refusal to change for us may mean that we must change for them. (does) (does not) restate the idea? others' failure to change provides the basis for our own refusal to change. (does) (does not) restate the idea? sometimes we need to stay the same, even when others change. (does) (does not) restate the idea? insisting that others adjust to us will prevent us from having to adjust to others. (does) (does not) restate the idea? if we don't agree with others, we should act as though we do. (does) (does not) restate the idea?