On December 2007 <u>Al Gore</u> held his Acceptance Speech for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. In his speech he quotes several well-known and respected people like Winston Churchill, Mahatma Ghandi, George Orwell, etc. to strengthen his plea for a better handling of the environmental issue.
Question: Which sentence is most clearly focused on the context of Al Gore's speech?
Answer: A. Quoting respected people is one way Al Gore supports his points about the environment.
Based on the speech, we can infer that Creon views women as inferior beings to men. For him, a woman should be subservient to the will of the men in her life. Creon immediately labels any woman who goes against the decrees of men or opposes a man a “shrew.” He even warns Haemon against marrying such a woman because soon her embraces will turn “wax cold.” This statement implies that a woman’s sole job is to please her husband. Moreover, he speaks of anarchy in solely feminine terms, addressing it as a She, suggesting that women are responsible for everything that goes wrong in society. He also believes that it’s a man’s inherent right to tame and master women; he says that being cast out of society would be a better fate for a man than to admit that he was made to bend to a “woman’s will.”
Ancient Greece was a patriarchal society. As in other ancient societies, women led sheltered lives and were not meant to question decisions made by men. What sets Antigone apart is the heroine’s boldness to stand up to not just any man but to the king. Plus, she never once seems to regret her decision after she has defied the King’s order and buried Polyneices. Keeping these points in mind, Creon’s negative reaction to Antigone does seem to align with the ideas about gender roles in ancient Greece.
This question refers to the text The Flight from Conversation by Sherry Turkle
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Answer:
With this phrase Turkle means that because of technology, we are all alone since every time we share less with people in a physical way and we do it more in a virtual way. But since it's something we all do, she says we're in this together. That's why she uses the phrase <em>"alone together."</em>
Explanation:
These words have a great influence on what the whole article is, since she wants to emphasize that really the vast majority of people are in this situation.
People just want to pay attention to what interests them, ignoring everything that doesn't.
This means that we all get more and more into technology and ignore the people around us, just to communicate virtually.
We are alone, but together at the same time because we remain connected even though we are immersed in technology.
Answer:
The two correct options are:
A) to draw the reader's attention to the steps of the procedure
C) to separate the steps and the measurement information
Explanation:
In the steps which describes how to make a certain coffee, the mains steps are highlighted by the writer to separate them from explanations that follow after each point.
This helps to lend clarity to the instructions and prevents errors.
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