What, to the american slave, is your 4th of july? i a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. which dictionary definition best applies to the word gross as it is used in this sentence? a) flagrant or extreme b) indecent or disgusting c) a group of 12 dozen or 144 d) income or wages without deductions

Is "ing" an unstressed or stressed syllable?

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

Which lines from ovid’s "pyramus and thisbe" establish setting?