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This question is about the short story "The Lady, or the Tiger," by author Frank Richard Stockton, and American writer and humorist who lived from 1834 to 1902. Below, I provide you with a persuasive paragraph. Keep in mind that this question asks for your opinion, so feel free to adapt the paragraph to your own ideas:
In "The Lady, or the Tiger," author Frank R. Stockton makes a point of describing the princess and her father as being "semi-barbaric". What he means is that they let their emotions get the best of them and that they act in ways that are not justifiable. The king, for instance, comes up with a trial that he considers fair, when it is in fact anything but. The accused must choose a door behind which there is either a maiden or a tiger. Choosing the tiger means that person is guilty and should be devoured by the beast. Choosing the maiden means he is innocent, and his reward is to be forced to marry her. <u>As for the princess, she is clearly impulsive and jealous. She falls in love with a man of inferior rank. When her father sends the man to trial, she is able to find out which door leads to which outcome. However - and Stockton does take his time making this description -, she is consumed with jealousy. She wants the man to live, but she cannot bear the image of him marrying someone else. So, what does she choose? To my mind, she sends him to the tiger. Stockton made sure to describe her as jealous and semi-barbaric, and that cannot have been for nothing. I believe the author wants us to see this woman as capable of sending the man she loves to death simply because she does not want anyone else to have him.</u>
Answer:
true
Explanation:
this is on a twillight zone assignment about aliens.
This question is missing the excerpt and the options. I've found the complete question online. It is the following:
Read the following story excerpt and answer the question that follows: "Come on James!" Nick called him from the street. "Let's get to the court. The guys are waiting." James looked down at his list of assignments on the computer. "Nick, I can't go today," he yelled regretfully out his window. "I am behind on my work. You are, too! You should come over and we can study together." No response from Nick. James sighed and opened his website. A short time later he heard a loud knock at the door. It was Nick. "You were right. Let's finish up and then go shoot hoops."
Which line of dialogue impacted Nick and changed direction of the story?
A. Nick called him from the street. "Let's get to the court."
B. "Nick, I can't go today," he yelled out his window.
C. "Come on James!" Nick called him from the street.
D. "You are, too! You should come over and we can study together."
Answer:
The line that impacted Nick and changed the direction of the story is:
D. "You are, too! You should come over and we can study together."
Explanation:
Notice that, at the beginning of the story, Nick is quite unconcerned about his assignments. It is only when James reminds him that he is also behind that Nick pauses. He then realizes James is right, and changes his mind about going to the court to meet the others. He chooses to study with James instead. The line James says that helps Nick change his mind and the direction of the story is: D. "You are, too! You should come over and we can study together."
The answer is: My mistress is not a perfect beauty.
Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130" is a parody of traditional sonnets at the time, in which poets compared their lovers to beautiful things like diamonds, fine pearls, flowers or goddesses. In the first four lines, Shakespeare expresses his lover does not possess a conventional beauty: her eyes are not like the sun, her lips are not red, her breasts are brownish or yellowish, and her hair looks like wires.
