Literary analysis: character and characterization

read the selection. then, answer the questions that follow.

people who don’t know harry tend to underestimate him. they cast a skeptical eye on his typical outfit: ragged jeans and shirts that bear evidence of his most recent meal. and his most frequently uttered expression, “wl, i just don’t know,” can make him sound less than bright. so, some enter a negotiating session with harry relaxed and confident that their side will prevail and that harry will gain no concessions for his group. that assumption is one that harry cultivates, and it is a big, big mistake.

which kinds of characterization does this selection include?

a. direct
b. indirect
c. direct and indirect
d. internal

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

Wrtie a essay based on your outline from lesson 2. your essay will be about the same topic. a famous hoax from history

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.