Excerpt 4: At her niece's table she felt at liberty to speak her mind, which she invariably did, with a frankness that sometimes
bordered on brutality. She had long ago outgrown the period where ambition or passion, or its partners, envy and hatre
were springs of action in her life, and simply
retained a mild enjoyment in the exercise of an old habit, with no active
malice whatever
Literary era: realism or romanticism

In hard times by charles dickens, mr. gradgrind is depicted as protective and respectful rigid and narrow-minded innovative and ambitious worldly and clever

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]

Critical reading what do you think keats means in these lines from "when i have fears that i may cease to be"? i may never live to trace / their shadows, with the magic hand of chance a. i may never live to paint pictures of them. b. i may never have a chance to look at them again. c. i may never leave the shadows as long as i live. d. i may never live to write about them. select the best answer from the choices provided