Ernesto read a play about a king who returns home after many years and finds a strange man exiting his wife’s bedroom. the king curses the man and orders that he be executed, but later he learns that the stranger was his grown son, who he had not recognized.

although the play ends badly for the king and his family, a few points of humor in the play break up the tension.

which of the following is a term to describe those moments of humor?
a. tragedy
b. comic relief
c. satire
d. farce

When a monster in a story does not have the ability to communicate, what is the most likely result?

Rev. simon hosack] entered fully into the feeling of suffering and sorrow which took possession of me when i discovered that a girl weighed less in the scale of being than a boy, and he praised my determination to prove the contrary. which best describes society's view of boys' and girls' abilities during the period in which elizabeth cady stanton lived?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.