<span>Although the actual murder was committed by Macbeth, many argue that he is not the person who is mostly to blame. Macbeth would have never harmed King Duncan, had it not been for the influence of the three witches. Many argue that, due to the prophecy of the three witches, which encouraged Macbeth's desire to be king, that they are the ones responsible. Others have expressed that they believe Lady Macbeth, and her part in planning for, and encouraging the murder, are mostly responsible. However, the three witches had no malicious intent, and Lady Macbeth is only an accessory. Macbeth is the individual who is mostly responsible for the murder of King Duncan.</span>
Initiating a town meeting hints towards a large event or something important which needs to be discussed throughout a large group. Considering that the lottery is a yearly event a gathering so large could help to foreshadow the stoning happening.
Answer:
Laura Bush was an active first lady: She advocated for women’s health and promoted education.
Explanation:
<em>Laura Bush was an active first lady: She advocated for women’s health and promoted education </em>is an example of the use of a colon instead of a semicolon between independent clauses. The second sentence explains, illustrates, paraphrases, or expands information given in the first sentence. There is no definite agreement as to whether or not the first word of the second sentence should be capitalized. Usually, if the information in the second sentence is closely related to information from the first, the capital is not used. If the second sentence is a general or formal statement, many writers and editors decide to capitalize the first word. In the given example, the writer decided to capitalize the word <em>she,</em> although others may have done the opposite.
Excerpt:
Many marketable commodities are produced here. And many ships come here laden with cloth of gold and various silken fabrics, and much else besides that I will not attempt to specify, and exchange them for local products. They arrive and depart with full cargoes and the merchants make a handsome profit on the transaction.
Answer: To illustrate the wealth and commercial success of the
region
Explanation:
This is an excerpt from chapter 8 of ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' and it is illustrating one of his adventures or travels. In this excerpt we can see how good commercial success was back then and he is describing all of it when he is talking about gold, various silken fabrics, many ships.
We must consider the time when he was traveling because it wasn't able for everyone to travel and he was doing it all the time so he was informed by everything in other locations. That is also the reason why this excerpt is illustrating the wealth too.