Macbeth murders king duncan and is then rewarded by being crowned king himself. what recurring motif in the play is this turn of events an example of? a. the idea that bad things happen to people who listen to witches b. the idea that it is acceptable to commit crimes to get what you want c. the idea that death is a part of life and should be accepted d. the idea that actions sometimes have the opposite of the expected effect

What type of literary device is demonstrated in this passage from the monkeys paw father and son

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.