C: <span>
The nobles had again sought to make themselves as powerful as possible.
In the passage, it explains that under Stephen the nobles had experienced a ton of power (the author uses the word exorbitant which shows how extremely privileged their lives were), but that Henry the Second then took a lot of their power away. Now, they are resuming their former positions (from under Stephen) to a point where they are becoming as powerful as possible.</span>
1. I read the whole essay and the only allusion that she uses is Xanadu. Joan Didion writes, nobody lives at Xanadu meaning nobody lives in the paradise.
Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not tell in detail the thing, idea, place or person.
Xanadu is a mitical place. It is located in the north of Shangri La that was introduced in 1933 in the fictional novel Lost Horizon by author James Hilton
2.- The symbol that Joan Didion uses is that nobody lives at Xanadu that it is paradise on earth for her because New York was appealing to the author even though she was not well paid and didn't have the best food on the table.
Tentative means being unsure or hesitant. Hope this helps. <span />
We use
personal pronouns in place of noun phrases. We often use them to refer
back to people and things that we have already identified (underlined):
<span>Peter complained to the chef about the meal. She wasn’t very helpful so he spoke to the manager.</span> (she = the chef, he = Peter)
<span>A:<span>Where’s the knife? I can’t find</span> it.B:It’s in the drawer. (it = the knife)</span>
Personal pronouns show person and number. He, she, him and her show gender. They have different subject and object forms (except you, it and one which have only one form):
Just read a textbook....or the Bible. All talks about Caesar.
