Read the excerpt from "why i wrote 'the yellow wallpaper.'" this wise man put me to bed and applied the rest cure, to which a still-good physique responded so promptly that he concluded there was nothing much the matter with me, and sent me home with solemn advice to “live as domestic a life as far as possible,” to “have but two hours’ intellectual life a day,” and “never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again” as long as i lived. why was gilman advised “never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again”? her doctor believed that she’d been poisoned by ink, paint, and lead. her doctor believed that intellectual effort was making her ill. her doctor was afraid that she would write something negative about him. her doctor was afraid that she was not strong enough to hold the tools.

Who are the antagonists in the story "ali baba and the 40 thieves", and are they're bad guys?

Which describes the effect the use of figurative language has on the tone of this excerpt? select all that apply

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?