Answer:
The valley of ashes between West Egg and New York City consists of a long stretch of desolate land created by the dumping of industrial ashes. It represents the moral and social decay that results from the uninhibited pursuit of wealth, as the rich indulge themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure. The valley of ashes also symbolizes the plight of the poor, like George Wilson, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result.
Answer:
February 20, 1895
Explanation:
Douglass remained an active speaker, writer, and activist until his death in 1895. He died after suffering a heart attack on his way home from a meeting of the National Council of Women, a women's rights group still in its infancy at the time, in Washington, D.C.
Answer:
local unions, national unions, and federations.
Explanation:
Your question is incomplete because it does not include the options, which are the following:
Both authors describe Sir Bedivere's sorrow.
Both authors describe Sir Bedivere in tears.
Both authors describe Sir Bedivere's resolve.
Both authors describe the approaching dawn.
Answer:
Both authors describe Sir Bedivere's sorrow.
Explanation:
Both excerpts depict the moment that dying King Arthur leaves on a barge hoping to be healed on the isle of Avalon. In Sir Thomas Malory's lines, Sir Bedivere moans and gives a cry of grief as the barge disappears. Similarly, Lord Tennyson's passage demonstrates Sir Bedivere's pain and loyalty as he stands watching the the main body of the barge until it becomes a black dot in the distance.
