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Read The Lessons of Salem, by Laura Shapiro
What ironic situation does Shapiro describe in paragraph 3?
Answer: The irony of having those who “confessed” to witchcraft spared and those who defended their innocence being killed.
Explanation:
The Puritan witch hunts of 1692 would get confessions by torturing the suspects to justify the hunt itself, and those who would refuse to confess would end up being hung to death. The irony lies in the fact that none of the suspects had anything to do with witchcraft, and the proceedings of the trials were especially prejudicial to those who were honest.
I believe this is a metaphor, as it refers to one thing in order to show or suggest they are similar. The phrase means that, as how a desert can survive winds and remain steady, so is their love for each-other. No matter what happens, Fatima and Santiago’s love will forever be true-hearted and faithful. Hope this helps!
His audience was mostly puritan as was the case in the 18th century. His audience was probably scared mindless because his sermons usually included scary and vivid description of suffering, hell, sins, the devil, which was all supposed to scare you into being a better christian.
Answer:
Organize
Request clarification
Interpret-evaluate.
Explanation: Checking Perception is a crucial and highly psychological process as one wrong interpretation may mislead the reader and deviate from the original idea. While checking perception it is very important to organize the data as it would assist in determining the actual perception of the work in order because sometimes there is more than one perception underlying a single work, and to avoid overlapping, it is crucial. Then, requesting clarification would ensure whether the search is in the right direction or not. After organizing the data and requesting clarification, it would be easier to interpret and evaluate the perception behind the particular action or reaction.
Conflict refers to any struggle between opposing forces, usually between the main character and other forces in the literature work. Conflicts are used in literature to drive stories. There are two types of conflict, external and internal. The type of conflict that is present in the passage given above is EXTERNAL CONFLICT AND IT HAPPEN BETWEEN LINDO AND MEIMEI. An external conflict usually takes place between a character and someone else while an internal conflict occurs between a character and himself.
