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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.

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(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.

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes