Excerpt from act i, scene 1, in a midsummer night's dream by william shakespeare lysander i am, my lord, as well derived as he, as well possessed. my love is more than his; my fortunes every way as fairly ranked, if not with vantage, as demetrius’. what is lysander saying in this scene? i am more handsome than demetrius, so hermia should marry me. i love hermia and demetrius doesn’t. i am just as good a match as demetrius. i have a higher rank than demetrius, so hermia should marry me.

Read the excerpt from martin luther king jr.’s "i have a dream” speech. and so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of new hampshire. let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of new york. let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of pennsylvania. let freedom ring from the snow-capped rockies of colorado. let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of california. but not only that: let freedom ring from stone mountain of georgia. let freedom ring from lookout mountain of tennessee. let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of mississippi. from every mountainside, let freedom ring. the most likely reason king uses allusions in this part of his speech is to share his knowledge of american geography. compare northern and southern destinations. remind listeners about small-town accountability. encourage listeners to envision freedom everywhere.

Twenty years gone, and i am back again on my own island. as for my change of skin, that is a charm athena, hope of soldiers, uses as she will; she has the knack to make me seem a beggar man sometimes and sometimes young, with finer clothes about me. it is no hard thing for the gods of heaven to glorify a man or bring him low. —the odyssey, homer based on what odysseus says in the passage, what has he learned? humans can become like gods. humans are under the gods’ control. humans can change from beggars to soldiers.

What does the word subordinate mean in this sentence? the office manager spoke to her subordinate in a cordial tone.