Itiresias, old man with wrinkled dugs
perceived the scene, and foretold the rest-
i too awaited the expected guest.
he, the young man carbuncular, arrives,
a small house agent's clerk, with one bold stare,
one of the low on whom assurance sits
as a silk hat on a bradford millionaire.
which sentence best explains how an allusion in the passage affects its
meaning?
o
a. the narrator describes the young man as "carbuncular," which
suggests that he suffers some kind of skin infection; the
description can be interpreted as a symbol for his spiritual
sickness.
o
b. bradford is a borough in northern england that, in eliot's time, was
known for both its millionaires and the devastating casualties
suffered by the bradford pals battalions in world war i.
o
c. referencing the art of michelangelo creates an indirect
comparison between the young man from eliot's poem and david,
the subject of michelangelo's most famous sculpture.
o
d. by comparing himself to tiresias - a prophet who, in greek
mythology, was changed into a woman by the goddess hera - the
speaker identifies with a female character as she observes the
young man

Is the slightly humorous tone of kristof's essay inappropriate for a discussion of deliberately killing wild animals? why or why not?

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?

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