In "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning, the situation which brings the duke and the agent together is the duke's intention to remarry.
His wife died (or was killed, we will never know for sure), and he lost a lot of money, which is why he needs to marry into a rich family so as to regain what he lost. This is the reason why he met with the agent, so as to marry his cousin or something.
Answer:
Mike Kubic believed that during the progressive era, American Progress moved forward positively and that the quality of life improved for Americans and their generation to come.
Explanation:
Mike Kubic in his article titled, 'The Progressive Era', explained that the period helped to reduce the excesses of business magnates who had the economy under their dominion and who controlled the resources of the nation. He explained that the period significantly reduced the monopolization of industries by the rich producers.
While he recognized that not all the efforts to better things at that period were successful, he acknowledged that the period helped to move the American society forward by shaping the American society into a better one with amazing results.
Answer:
Compound-Complex
Explanation:
complex sentence + compound sentence
that would be overworking ineffectively
<u>Answer:</u>
Hercules became famous yet his own girlfriend poisoned him.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The detail about how 'Herculus became famous yet his own girlfriend poisoned him', from Chaucer's "The Monk's Tale", best demonstrates that fortune is a blind prosperity that should not be trusted by anyone.
Herculus got fame and gained strength based on his popularity but he was betrayed by his own girlfriend who later poisoned him which gives a lesson that no one is trust worthy.
