It represents the moral and social decay that results from the uninhibited pursuit of wealth, as the rich indulge themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure. The valley of ashes also symbolizes the plight of the poor, like George Wilson, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result.
Are you Filipino? sir or maam or kuya or ate
Answer:
Irony
Explanation:
"the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect."
Answer:
Denotative.
Explanation:
Denotative is when you <em>mean what you literally said</em>, or, as the prompt suggests, is <em>the literal meaning</em>.
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This question is about "Young Goodman Brown"
Answer:
The reality presented by the author means that the character does not know if what he is experiencing is a dream or not. The reader also has this doubt, which ends up creating the mystery of the work.
Explanation:
"Young Goodman Brown" is set in Salem at the time of the witch hunt in the region. In this story, Goodman Brown leaves his family for a mysterious mission in the forest. In this mission, the author exposes the discrepancy between the goodness and the badness of the human being, portraying a complex, fragmented and symbolic reality, which makes Goodman Brown unable to know whether he is dreaming or not. This mystery is so wide open that it infects even the reader.
