Answer:
In the first paragraph Patrick Henry is addressing the President and the assembly of the church. Henry states " I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do, opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely, and without reserve"
Answer:
It creates surprise since both women find out that they are engaged to a different man who called himself Earnest Worthing.
Explanation:
When the two women finally realize that they had been dating men with different identities who called themselves Earnest Worthing, they are surprised. Surprise is a state of shock because an event or fact is unexpected.
The knowledge that what they knew as true was not really true must have been a source of shock and surprise to the two ladies.
In 'The City in the Sea' Poe explores themes of sin, death, and destruction.
Sergei uses his first two wishes to wish for 1) to cure the growing cancer in his sister's lungs and 2) to cure 'Sveta's boy' (his own son) who has an ailment which the doctors think will not allow him to mentally develop beyond his age of three years. We can infer from these wishes that Sergei is a kind-hearted, humble individual who is later hardened in life by his surrounding situations, i.e. living in Russia, as the son of a Zionist etc. We know that of the three wishes that Sergei could ever be granted by the magic goldfish, he uses the first two to help those around him, with little regard for his own self or his personal aspirations.
