The right answer is letter b: <em>the houses in both passages are described as having an air of rot, gloom and loneliness</em>.
Poe's character describes Mr. Roderick Usher's house as one he cannot help to consider a "melancholy view" where "there was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart" . Said house caused an "insufferable gloom" in the observer's spirit.
In a similar thread of thought, Bierce's tale about the Manton house describes its looks as sufficient to affirm it is<em> "haunted"</em>. He describes the house as <em>"slowly falling into decay"</em> as <em>"cobwebs weave in the angles of the walls like strips of rotting lace..."</em> all while standing <em>"a little way off the loneliest reach of the Marshall and Harriston road". </em>
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A) tipao, newspaper, internet
Explanation:
Tipao are among the earliest news media. They were palace reports, imperial bulletins or gazettes used by Chinese central and local governments. They are considered to be used from as early as 200 B.S to as late as 900 A.C.
Acta Diurna were similar news media for Roman governments which started in about 59 B.C during the times of Julius Caesar.
Then come newspapers (from the list provided in the question). Their earliest forms appeared in second and third century A.D. Finally internet which in its earliest forms appeared in the late 1960's, and developed in the present form from 1990's up-to now.
Based on these origins of tipao, newspapers and internet, option A is correct.
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<h3>Yes, it was an essential measure in spite of the hardships it had brought about.</h3>
Explanation:
- Yes, it was an essential measure in spite of the hardships it had brought about because <u>no vaccination or antiviral drug has been found to cure Corona virus yet.</u> Scientists and doctors are still battling to find a cure and therefore, <u>the governments around the world cannot risk people socializing.</u>
- I would suggest governments to let<u> young and healthy individuals to continue working</u> while <u>monitoring senior and older people as they are more susceptible to the virus</u>. The economy cannot be halted for long as people need to earn and keep the income flow running. Many countries have been affected severely due to lockdown and many lives are at stake.
- Thus, I would suggest young and healthy people to resume working and earning.
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Writing Prompt #2 – Friends with a Character (after Chapter 2)
S.E. Hinton provides vivid descriptions of each major character in the book. Which character would you like to have as your friend and why? Writing Prompt #2 – Friends with a Character (after Chapter 2)
i would have ponyboy as my friend because he seems like someone i would talk to, and he's around my age.
Penelope, the weaver, is a literary reference to fidelity.
While Odysseus is absent, Penelope is pretended by several men, who settle in the palace and nastily eat her banquets, while waiting for the queen to choose one of them. To maintain her fidelity, Penelope tells the suitors that she will accept a new husband when she finishes weaving a shroud for King Laertes, on whom she was working. To prolong this task as long as possible, Penelope undoes at night what she weaves during the day, however, a woman betrays her an tell the other men, so she is forced to finish the job. Odysseus returns just in time, killing the suitors .
