Review the excerpt: messenger: [eurydice's] curse is upon you for the deaths of both. creon: it is right that it should be. i alone am guilty. i know it, and i say it. lead me in, quickly, friends. i have neither life nor substance. lead me in. which best explains how this detail to develop the plot and establish the theme of "pride goes before the fall"? a. it introduces a new conflict; it does so by showing that eurydice was a proud woman whose life was destroyed by the death of her son. b. it builds suspense over whether creon will forgive himself; it does so by showing that creon resolves to kill himself in order to join his wife and son. c. it resolves the conflict over whether creon will realize his own flaws; it does so by showing that he realizes his pride, not eurydice's curse, is to blame for his family's deaths. d. it introduces a minor conflict; it does so by showing that creon was too proud to admit antigone's and haimon's deaths were his fault, and now he must confess to his wife.

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.

Your denunciation of tyrants brass fronted impudence; your shout of liberty and what is the meaning of denunciation as used in this sentence? a) excessive self-assurance b) to deceive, delude, or disappoint c) a ruler who governs without restrictions d) to condemn or censure openly or publicly

Discussing the tom robinson case with uncle jack, atticus refers to “maycomb’s usual disease.” what does he mean? why doesn’t he suffer from it?