In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, the theme that best describe John Proctor's final decision is: Personal honor determines a person's self-worth and value.
Proctor's desicion of refusing to provide a false confession to save his life is actually his final redemption. At the end of the play, when he tears apart the written confession, he understands that his honor is more important than his public image and he is ready to accept his destiny. Furthermore, his wife, Elizabeth realizes that John, even with his flaws, is a good man who is trying to save his soul and he will not yield to pressure.
<span>Hibernation is the animal's way of adaptation in order to be
able conserve energy by staying inactive and lowering its physical activity in
preparation for future purposes say for example a bad weather. Other animals also hibernate in preparation
for a long drought or scarcity of food. They tend to consume a lot of food
before the scarce and will use the accumulated energy during the drought when
there will be no more food to eat. It is a way of recharging themselves.</span>
<u>Answer:</u>
The answer is option ‘A’. The sentence 'be careful not to wake the sleeping baby' has a participle in it.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In the participle phrase 'sleeping baby’, 'sleeping' is the participle formed from the verb ‘sleep’ and acting as an adjective describing the baby. A participle is a word formed from a verb and acts as an adjective.
There are three kinds of participle:
Present participle formed by adding –ing to the verb. For example, the laughing girl , smiling child, etc,
Past participle is formed by adding –ed , -en , -d , -t or -n. It is third form of the verb. For example, colored castle, Sunken face, etc,
Perfect participles are formed by joining ‘having’ with ‘past participle’. For example, having said
, having stated, etc,
