The correct answer is: A) Vanity is dangerous.
This Greek myth tells the story of Narcissus, known for his incredible beauty, and Echo, a nymph who fell in love with him.
Narcissus was supposed to have a long life, but only if he never saw himself. When he rejected Echo, he angered the Gods and happened to fall in love with himself after seeing his own reflection in the water. The extreme vanity of Narcissus ultimately led to his death.
Answer:
C
Explanation:
These poor folks feared these houses, and they were even called prisons for the poor.
Answer:
He wanted to suggest that one should be willing to go to great lengths for a belief
Explanation:
Based on "Civil Disobedience," the statement that Thoreau, like his modern-day successors, hoped to make with his imprisonment was to suggest that one should be willing to go great lengths for a belief.
Thoreau like many other activists before him had to endure imprisonment and unfair treatment for a cause he believed in, without backing down.
The correct answer is the line that says "In worldly riches is all their mind: They fear not my righteousness, the sharp rod" because "worldly riches" refers to material gain. Instead of worrying about their duties to God and what they would experience after death, they are more concerned with filling their lives with material, earthly pleasures.
