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Explanation:
King Claudius sends a letter to the King of Norway to tell young Fortinbras to back off from his plans to attack Denmark. (Act 1, scene 2, I believe) Basically "something is rotten in the state of Denmark" - speaker: Marcellus, a guard, who talks to his philosophical comrade, Horatio, saying, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark …“ (Act-I, Scene-IV). The reason of saying this is just not that Denmark is facing dirt. It means that the situation of Denmark is similar to a fish that rots from head to tail, or in other words, it shows that everything is not good at top of political hierarchy.
The short story “ <u>Mericans </u>“ written by <em><u>Sandra Cisneros</u></em> is the story about children from Mexican descent living in America. They are trying to find their identity between these two worlds. They don’t use their Mexican names in America but easier sounding English names. Micaella (Michelle) narrates the story and she shows the differences between the two cultures, like in the excerpt what the dress code is for church and the woman trying to speak Spanish.
Question: The irony in this excerpt contributes most to which of the following themes?
Answer: B. It is possible for people to be connected to more than one culture.
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The word from the list that best fits the definition An action that rewards a particular kind of behavior is the third one: positive sanction.
Explanation:
I think that the key word to understand why positive sanction is the phrase that best fits is the word<em> reward</em>. A reward is a thing given in recognition of service, effort, achievement or any kind of behavior that is considered a good behavior. So, by knowing this, it is very easy to decide which words best fits, because a positive sanction functions as a response, as a recognition of a good behavior. It is a sanction, but is a positive one, the one given due to a good action.