What is odysseus trying to accomplish? "all that you say is true, how well i know. look at my wise penelope. she falls far short of you, your beauty, stature. she is mortal after all and you, you never age or die . ." (5, 238-241) *

1.he is flattering calypso in gratitude for her .

2.he is trying to tempt calypso into giving him ambrosia, which will allow him to escape.

3.he is trying to decide whether or not to leave the island by weighing all the reasons to stay and all the reasons to go.

4.he is assuring calypso that "it's not you, it's me," and that he is not leaving because of any shortcomings on her part.

Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).

Why did release not upset fiona? the book is the giver