In this excerpt from "the lady of shalott" by alfred, lord tennyson, how does the repetition of words in the first four lines affect the narrative? she left the web, she left the loom, she made three paces thro' the room, she saw the water lily bloom, she saw the helmet and the plume, she look'd down to camelot. out flew the web and floated wide; the mirror crack'd from side to side; "the curse is come upon me," cried the lady of shalott. a. it hints that the fate of the subject was inevitable. b. it implies that the subject's actions were monotonous. c. it suggests that the narrative is about to end. d. it builds a sense of anticipation and mystery.

Nthis passage from act iv of romeo and juliet, juliet goes to friar laurence for advice because her father is forcing her to marry count paris. when she gets to the friar’s room, paris is there, arranging for the wedding. which literary technique is used in this exchange between paris and juliet?

According to stephen hawking in the "origin of the universe" lecture, "why are we here" and "where did we come from" are questions that

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.