Answer and Explanation:
Mrs. Mallard is the main character in Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour". Louise Mallard has always been a fragile woman whose heart condition may kill her in case she is surprised or shocked. In addition, she has always been a subservient wife, constantly attached and dependent on her husband.
However, something changes inside her when she is told the news of her husband's death. Mrs. Mallard locks herself up in her room to mourn the loss but, while in there, she looks out her open window:
<em>She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.
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<em>There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.</em>
<u>The natural setting outside the window represents the new life and spirit Mrs. Mallard is about to discover. The smell of rain, the patches of blue sky here and there, the distant song, they all evoke her own mental state. They all represent the happiness of finding herself free. Spring, specially, always evokes the start of something new - a new chance, a new life. Mrs. Mallard realizes that, without her husband, there is nothing holding her down. She is finally liberated to be herself, to do as she wishes.</u>
Answer:
No, I will not give in to your temper tantrum! No, I don't believe we have received your letter yet. Well, maybe she can get a ride with someone else. Oh! You startled me! So, when would you like to eat dinner?
Explanation:
The commas(,) are employed in a sentence primarily yo mark a pause or to separate the introductory part of the sentence from the rest of the sentence while an exclamation mark(!) is used to express the emotions of excitement, surprise, or any such strong feeling or emotions. As per this definition, the given blanks are filled accordingly. Since the sentence beginning with 'oh' denotes a strong emotion of surprise, it will employ the exclamation mark(!), the other sentences just mark a pause after the introductory word 'yes', 'no', or 'well' and thus, they will use comma(,).
Answer:
Odysseus made it sound as if "nobody" stabbed Polyphemus in the eye, so the other cyclops let him go. The curse that is revealed a the end of his encounter with the Cyclops foreshadows Odysseus's difficult journey.
Explanation:
The clever word play:
Odysseus tries to outsmart and taunt the Cyclops at every turn, first by getting him drunk on wine and then by telling the Cyclops that his name is Outis, which means nobody. This is so that when the Cyclops is telling the other giants who injured him, it sounds like Polyphemus is shouting "Nobody" stabbed him in the eye. This confuses the other Cyclops who may have otherwise tried to help Polyphemus catch Odysseus.
The Curse:
Odysseus and his men sail away from the island by tricking the now blinded Cyclops that they were part of the herd of sheep that Polyphemus was tending. The curse comes when Odysseus decides to try to taunt the monster further and shouts out his real name. What this does is reveal his identity and allows the Cyclops to curse Odysseus in revenge. Polyphemus prays to his father, the great Poseidon, asking that Odysseus's journey back home to Ithaca be fraught with the loss of his friends and his ship.
The end of Hamlet's life held one purpose: to his father's murder. Unfortunately, this vengeance also cost him his own life, as well as the lives of Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, and his mother Gertrude. We must try to remember Hamlet as he was before his father's death: a diligent student and a leader of his people. Towards the end, as a sickness began to consume him, he lost some of the presence he once had, but he never lost the support of his people. We can all take comfort in the fact the struggles in his mind are now at an end.
