Excerpt from malpractice
john devine

28judge (to lawyer #1): does counsel have any further questions for this witness?

29lawyer #1: no, your honor. i believe the witness can be excused. (winking at the jury) after all, we wouldn’t want to induce another episode of decerebration in our professional athlete here. (walking away from the witness stand but then turning back to daniels) i’m sorry, mr. daniels. allow me to translate. we wouldn’t want you to faint again like a little boy on a hot day at his first little league game. i want you wide awake when dr. milford countersues for defamation of character.

30pitcher: why you lousy—

31lawyer #2: your honor, i object! he's badgering the witness!

32judge: objection overruled.

"your honor, i object! he's badgering the witness! "

what does the phrase badgering the witness mean in this quotation from section 31?

a)
lawyer #2 means that lawyer #1 is verbally harassing the witness.

b)
lawyer #2 means that lawyer #1 is unfairly protecting the witness.

c)
lawyer #2 means that lawyer #1 is physically attacking the witness.

d)
lawyer #2 means that lawyer #1 is consistently deceiving the witness.

answer: yes

explanation: he's doug dimmadome, owner of the dimsdale dimmadome

answer; i believe that the correct answer is (north and south);

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

explanation: