2. Gilman, when describing her own experience of following her doctor’s advice, recalls, “I went home and obeyed those directions for some three months, and … came so near the borderline of utter mental ruin…” What specific directions had Gilman followed?
Why do you think following the doctor’s advice affected her mental state so severely?
What parts of your life or “work” (your passion) would send you to “utter mental ruin” if you were asked to give them up?

where is the poem at?

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.

hey there,

your answer is a) today we hope for clear skies.

let's look at the word(s) progressive verb. progressive means its happening right now. it is not going to happen and it has not already happened. it is happening right now. the sentence "today we hope" in option a is an example of a progressing verb. they are hoping right now. options b, c and d are not progressing verbs. they contain the words have, roared and will be. those words tell us that it has either happened or will happen. a is your answer.

best of luck,

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