Answer:
PART A: Which statement best describes how the banker's actions develop the theme of the story? The banker's hasty and thoughtless actions lead to trouble and despair for him. The banker's disregard for human life shows the extent of his lack of compassion for others.
Explanation:
The answer is:
Machiavelli forces readers to carefully consider the meanings of the words merciful and mercy.
In the passage from "The Prince," the author Niccolò Machiavelli mentions the words mercy and merciful intending to make readers contemplate their meanings with special circumspection. Thus, <em>mercy </em>is compassion towards somebody one can hurt or punish, and <em>merciful </em>means benevolent. In that respect, Machiavelli suggests that an unsympathetic ruler can preserve power rather than a compassionate one.
The wind is howling - metaphor
Baxter my look tough - simile
My alarm clock yelled at me - personification
The correct answer is B.....
