Answer:
The reason that Mrs. Whitaker rejects Galaad's offer of the apple of the Hesperides while accepting his other two gifts is:
The apple of Hesperides represents Mrs. Whitaker's past. She does not want to return to her youth, out of free choice, even though she is enamored of youthful exuberance.
Explanation:
Neil Gaiman's collection of short stories, entitled "Smoke and Mirrors" (1998), has a second tale christened "Chivalry." The theme of "Chivalry" is about love, growing old, and personal choices. This Neil Gaiman's Christmas special is the story of Mrs Whitaker, who finds the Holy Grail in a charity shop. When approached by a Knight for the Holy Grail, she chose, in exchange, some precious stones, instead of the apple of the Hesperides, which could have returned her youth, a youth she remembered with nostalgia.
Answer:
- The slowing of the pace shows readers the cause of the windmill's destruction.
- The slowing of the pace creates suspense for readers about what is to come.
- The slowing of the pace gives readers details about the storm and its aftermath.
Explanation:
Pace is a common tool used by authors to develop the text and this was used in chapter 6 of the Animal Farm. It is the first year since Napoleon chased Snowball from the farm and assumed power and he had began building the Windmill.
The windmill however collapses one night but the pace which the story was slowed down to allowed for suspense to be created as well as for the reader to learn the causes of the windmill's destruction as well as details of the storm and its aftermath.
Answer:
the fact that tenements were built with little concern for the people who would live in them
the fact that tenements were overcrowded
the fact that tenement conditions led to disease and dea
Explanation:
"Sestina" by Elizabeth Bishop
In this poem, Bishop tells her own story. Her father died when she was a child and her mother never recovered from a nervous breakdown. Bishop had to live with older relatives for many many years.
In the poem, the grandma feels sadness because of the whole situation and because of the innocence of the child but she hides her sadness by laughing and talking to the child.
<em>"reading the jokes from the almanac, </em>
<em>laughing and talking to hide her tears."</em>
<em>-Sestina </em>
Why does the grandmother laugh and talk?
A. to entertain the almanac
B. to hide her tears
C. to entertain the child to make the time pass
