Explain the following metaphor " your courage was a small coal/ that you kept swallibg."

Used for an event that has been completed before the present moment in time. simple past past perfect perfect progressive past perfect progressive

How does edward covey attempt to break douglass’s spirit?

[1] when the twins grew up, they continued to fight. [2] one day they decided to hold a contest to determine who was stronger. [3] though they tried to defeat each other in many different ways, neither one could win. [4] on the last day, they fought with weapons. [5] using a deer antler, the right-handed twin overpowered his brother, and he threw him off the edge of the earth. [6] today, the right-handed twin lives in the sky-world, and the left-handed twin lives in the dark underworld. [7] they rule the earthly world of men together.