What is most likely the purpose of this passage

How is modern Earth different from Earth over four billion years ago?

Assoli18 [71]

Answer:

The Earth's land used to be connected to together, it's like one big island

Explanation:

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3 years ago

You will complete your character study of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth by writing about their development from the beginning of the

Gwar [14]

One of the main motifs of the play is the decay of corruption. The development of both characters mimics the development of a disease. In a sense, Macbeth is a remake of the play Hamlet that has somewhat of a “happy ending” though centered not on Hamlet but on the usurper, Claudius.

The disease motif is quite evident as the play starts with a storm over a Scottish moor. The storm is like a feverish disease that attacks the body of the Scottish land and it foreshadows the decay and putrefaction that Macbeth’s ambition will bring upon Scotland. This is further exemplified by the introduction of the three witches; they are old, ugly, haggard and dirty. Macbeth is introduced as a courageous hero who kills a traitorous Scotsman. In other words, Macbeth is symbolically healthy, in his prime, both physically and morally. The infection occurs when the witches address him as Thane of Cawdor, and it is interesting to note that Banquo is NOT infected by the prophecies, just like some people are more vulnerable to diseases than others (usually because of a genetic predisposition). Macbeth resists contagion for a moment but quickly starts succumbing to it. Then his wife, Lady Macbeth (why is she unnamed?) is infected as well and she definitely has no “antibodies” for she succumbs very quickly to the disease. Due to the fact that she is the one that pushes Macbeth to regicide, she is like a personification of the Biblical Eve. Macbeth still tries to resist, but Lady Macbeth taunts him about his manhood and he finally falls. In act II there is even an interesting comic conversation between Malcolm and a porter about how alcohol provokes sleepiness, red noses and peeing further. In other words he is describing the symptoms of a disease and foreshadowing the effects of Macbeth’s contagion on Scotland. During the banquet, Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost, though nobody else does, like the feverish hallucinations of a sick man. The sickening corruption will be further personified by Hecate, the returning witches and later by Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking which is an actual disease, as she finally evolves into madness. There is even a doctor at the hall of Dunsinane which further emphasizes the disease motif by his mere presence. Lady Macbeth dies by killing herself and Macbeth dies by the sword of Malcolm. The infected lady Macbeth kills herself to escape her disease and Malcolm uses a symbolic scalpel to extirpate the cancerous Macbeth from Scotland.

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3 years ago

Match the description to the propaganda technique. 1.appealing to what is popular bandwagon 2.using a celebrity to advertise a p

posledela

<span>1.appealing to what is popular: bandwagon</span>

2.using a celebrity to advertise a product : transfer

3.using the audience's feelings as a tool of persuasion : appeal to emotions

4.discrediting someone by linking him or her to words or ideas having negative associations : name calling

5.giving only two choices; ignoring other alternatives : black or white fallacy

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Explain how Squealer's description in the 2nd paragraph, "Squealer was so fat that he could with difficulty see out of his eyes"

jekas [21]

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In literature, when the author uses exaggeration/oversimplification of certain character traits, it is referred to as a caricature. Often insulting, caricatures can also be complimentary or even have a political purpose.

In George Orwell's political allegory, <em>Animal farm</em>, Squealer is one of the three most important animals who rebel against their human farmer. Squealer comes as a clever character with good persuasion techniques. He is, however, quite selfish and power-hungry (like most of the leaders). The very fact that he is described as having a difficulty with seeing "out of his eyes" speaks volumes about both his physical appearance and personality. He is a very fat pig, indeed, but he also only cares about his own interests.

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3 years ago

Explain two elements of plot ( exposition, rising action, climax, conclusion) in an episode of a television show or movie you’ve

k0ka [10]

In Avengers: Infinity War, the whole movie is a rising action, in a way.

You start with the quick but meaningful defeat of the strongest of the Avengers, the incredible Hulk. He fights Thanos, who defeats the Hulk with no help by using only his bare hands.

From there to the rest of the movie, the stakes are being presented and the villains start making their more assiduous advances to achieve what they want.

The rising action really builds up the stakes since Thanos becomes even more powerful and more unstoppable with every isolated victory.

The Climax is supposed to be the most intense, important or exciting point of something.

It came in the form of the final battle between Thanos and the Avengers.

To prevent Thanos from being able to destroy half of the universe, one of the main characters is obligated to kill her significant other, since he was only alive because of the Infinity Stone that Thanos wanted.

It was useless, since Thanos resurrected the poor soul by turning time back with the Time Stone that he had taken from Dr. Strange, only to kill the same guy and make the Scarlet Witch see him die again.

The conclusion was the victory of the bad guy, but the rising action was perfectly designed, battle after battle, to make Thanos seem more powerful and more dangerous.

At the same time, there was this side plot about the Ultimate Weapon that Thor was supposed to retrieve from the Dwarves. A weapon that was much, much stronger than his old hammer.

This also culminated to the climax since you go through this subplot with him and watch him fight with himself, grow as a character and deserve the Weapon that would save the Universe from the rising threat of Thanos, who felt like a real danger since he was killing the main characters one by one.

The final battle was epic and if felt like what it should be. The ultimate fight where all the stakes are high. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they had never been higher and since the main characters were dying, they never felt more real. I think we all felt like we were about to get our revenge when Thor seem to be winning the battle, and we all felt like the defeated heroes when Thor realized that he had lost. I know I did.

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3 years ago