Using these lines from act i and act v, explain why it was important for shakespeare to introduce the play with the account of macbeth's performance in the battle against macdonwald. act i, scene ii but all's too weak; for brave macbeth,—well he deserves that name,— disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, which smok'd with bloody execution, like valor's minion, carv'd out his passage till he fac'd the slave; and ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him act v, scene vii what's more to do, which would be planted newly with the time,— as calling home our exil'd friends abroad, that fled the snares of watchful tyranny; producing forth the cruel ministers of this dead butcher, and his fiend-like queen,— who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands took off her life;

If you were writing a descriptive paragraph about your favorite food and used compound adjectives, what piece ofpunctuation could be effective for describing the food? semicolonhyphencolondash

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next

Does anyone know the answers to k12 1.18 unit test: the power of poetry (need answers asap)all the questions are here: