Read the passage below. Pls help And it is strange that we men, to whom this very vegetation had seemed so weird and horrible a little time ago, should now behold it with the emotion a home-coming exile might feel at sight of his native land.

What is the author’s purpose in using a metaphor in the description above?

The author is presenting the similarities between the natural landscape on earth and that on the moon.

The author is portraying the transformation that the men have undergone as they learn to appreciate the moon’s beauty.

The author is depicting the men’s return to earth after they have lived with the Selenites.

The author is conveying the relief that the men feel at having escaped.

In part one of "cruel tribute," how do king aegeus's actions affect the advancement of the plot? he causes ariadne to fall in love with theseus. he causes theseus to become the new king. he causes the birth of a hero in troezen. he causes king minos to become angry.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.

Which lines in this excerpt from act b of shakespeare macbeth tell the audience that macbeth realizes his mistake and regrets his ambition