Write a literary analysis essay in response to the following prompt: In Hamlet, Ophelia is portrayed as a character who is manipulated by various external pressures and the expectations of others. If Ophelia had lived today, what societal pressures would be driving her? How does her life compare/contrast with that of a young woman living today?

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

Why do people live together and form societies

Which two lines in this excerpt from elizabeth bishops the fish suggests that the speaker respects the fish