Answer:
The Birling family and Gerald Croft are celebrating Sheila’s engagement to Gerald
• Although there are a few signs that not everything is perfect (Mr Birling is too anxious to impress Gerald, Eric
seems nervous and Sheila mentions that Gerald did not come near her the previous summer) there is a
happy, light-hearted atmosphere.
• Mr Birling makes arrogant speeches, telling the other characters his views on science, the Titanic and the
relationship between bosses and workers, saying that a man ‘has to mind his own business and look after
himself’
Answer:
“A Retrieved Reformation”
1. At the beginning of the story, Ben Price rightly thinks that the bank robberies under investigation are committed by Jimmy Valentine, because they bear his signature style.
2. Towards the end of the story, Ben Price's opinion changed completely. Despite Jimmy Valentine's changed identity, Ben Price, correctly recognized Jimmy Valentine after the latter confirmed his true identity by unknowingly demonstrating his stylish ingenuity by opening the locked door. Since, Jimmy Valentine decided to surrender himself for arrest, Ben Price must have concluded that Jimmy was actually a changed man, especially now that he had fallen in love with Annabel.
Explanation:
O. Henry, the author of “A Retrieved Reformation” published the short story in 1903. The story narrated how an ex-convict, who was wanted for a series of bank robberies, suddenly repented and relinquished the life of crime because he had fallen in love with a woman.
The answer is:
Having been taught to cook by her grandmother, she found most recipes easy to follow.
Dangling modifiers are words or phrases wrongly placed or separated from the word they modify. As a result, the meaning of the statement makes no sense, is confusing or ambiguous.
The rhyme scheme is ABAB up until the last two lines, which are CC. Rhyme scheme signifies which lines rhyme with each other, depending on the last word in each line. The As correspond with each other, the Bs correspond with each other, and so on.
The main idea of the poem is that one should not to give up pursuing a woman if at first she doesn't seem interested, because when she has finally been won over, her love will last forever. In other words, be patient, because a woman who is not easily wooed will provide the longest form of love.
The poet uses the "metaphor" of burning an oak. A metaphor is a comparison between two seemingly unlike things (in this case a woman/her love and an oak tree) without using the words "like" or "as" (which would make the comparison a simile).
The poet uses the metaphor of a wound to represent how deep love can go ("Deep is the wound, that dints the parts entire With chaste affects, that naught but death can sever").
Below are the choices that can be found elsewhere:
a)Sir Mordred distrusts the peace treaty that King Arthur has arranged.
<span>b)Sir Bedivere lies to King Arthur about throwing the sword in the lake. </span>
<span>c)King Arthur and the traitor Sir Mordred fight to the death. </span>
<span>d)The hermit buries a dead body in a little chapel.
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The answer is A
