In this excerpt from edgar allan poe's "the raven," what does the biblical reference to the healing “balm in gilead” signify? "prophet! " said i, "thing of evil! —prophet still, if bird or devil! — whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted— on this home by horror haunted—tell me truly, i implore— is there—is there balm in gilead? —tell me—tell me, i implore! " quoth the raven, "nevermore." the speaker’s desire to cure the raven of its inability to say anything other than “nevermore” the speaker’s desire to cure himself from the pain caused by lenore’s death the speaker’s desire to bring lenore back to life the speaker’s desire to cure himself from his mental illness and hallucinations

"this year she had the extra joy of showing it to her small brother, and of terrifying him as well as herself. when they had done this many times they came back to the house to tell everybody that they had done it. he boasted. she mocked. they squabbled." how does julia feel about her little brother? does she love him? hate him? find him an annoyance? be sure you read what is implied by their reactions to each other.

Ineed .. read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. eye contact, also referred to as gaze, is how—and how much—we look at peoplewith whom we are communicating. eye contact has several purposes incommunication.its presence shows that we are paying attention. in addition, how we look at a person reveals a range of emotions such as affection, anger, or fear. moreover, intensity of eye contact may also be used to show dominance. for instance, we talk of someone “staring another person down.” finally, through ou reye contact we can check the effect of our communication. by maintaining our eye contact, we can tell when or whether people are paying attention to us, when people are involved in what we are saying, and what their feelings are about what we are saying. 1. eye contact can be a clue to what we feel and what our listeners feel. 2. our eyes are more important than our ears in effective communication. 3. eye contact can never reveal how much power one person has overanother. 4. sometimes a parent can control children just

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