People seem to think that the pyramid workers were slaves, which is ridiculous and untrue.
The tone of the original passage is formal. It could be in a trusted, reliable source on Egyptians. The answer has an informal tone. It uses the words "ridiculous" and "untrue". These opinion words make the sentence of opinion not a statement of fact. The original sentence is a statement of fact.
<u>Answer:</u>
Hercules became famous yet his own girlfriend poisoned him.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The detail about how 'Herculus became famous yet his own girlfriend poisoned him', from Chaucer's "The Monk's Tale", best demonstrates that fortune is a blind prosperity that should not be trusted by anyone.
Herculus got fame and gained strength based on his popularity but he was betrayed by his own girlfriend who later poisoned him which gives a lesson that no one is trust worthy.
Answer:
<em>A on Edge2020</em> : Both show how humans can be helpless in the face of external forces.
Explanation:
A Man Said to the Universe
by Stephen Crane :
“Sir, I exist!"
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has <em>not created in me A sense of obligation.</em>”
We Wear the Mask
by Paul Laurence Dunbar:
"We wear the mask that grins and lies,"
It <em>hides our cheeks and shades our eyes</em>,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, "
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Answer: The first 4 lines is the first quatrain, the second 4 lines is the second quatrain, the third 4 lines in the third quatrain, and then the last 2 lines is the couplet.