self restraint..
Explanation:
the temperance movement was basically wives against their spouses drinking to extreme, visiting women of the night afterwards and going home to beating wives and other loved ones bcause of alchohol addiction...
in Joy Harjo's "New Orleans", the line "beaten silver paths" refers to the streets of such city. She remembers of certain Spanish conqueror, De Soto,who came to this lands searching for, and constantly states that he wouldn't find it here. Maybe is a mock to that fact.
The "silver blades and crosses" refers to the sword and crucifix of the conqueror, who drawn in the Mississippi river which dreamt of those items. Maybe this means that the streets of New Orleans were made of the things and dreams of the many conquerors who came to that land in search for gold and failed.
<span>Paine’s argument is that even though America enjoyed
prosperity under British rule, it does not mean America will forever be
dependent under their rule. He added
that Britain protects the colonies for its own economic gain. They need not go war with other countries
that are at war with Britain. He also
said that it should be the British who should handle reconciliations with
France not the colonies. He further
states that if they reconcile with the British, then the situation will repeat
itself all over again.</span>
Answer: A. Elenita versus the music of her parents' homeland.
Explanation: in literature, a conflict is a struggle between opposite forces, usually between a character (the main character or a very important one) and himself (internal conflict), society or another character (external conflict). In the given excerpt from Gravity by Judith Ortiz Cofer we can see an example of an external conflict between a character (Elenita) and the music of her parents' homeland, which her mother used to listen to in the evenings.
The author portrays Theseus as a flawed human being. In early adventures, Theseus proved that he was a 'hero' but it wasn't until he slew the minotaur he became a legend, the living embodiment of braveness. However the author also made sure to mention that he deserted Princess Ariadne and even killed her father without much thought in order to allow the reader to understand that this so called hero although brave is far from perfect.
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