Answer:
The number 3.
Explanation:
The Mexican fairytale <em>Blanca Flor </em>tells the story of a young woman Blanca Flor being kept prisoner by a tyrant and evil man Don Ricardo. And it was from this man that she along with Juanito escaped.
Blanca Flor used her magic to help Juanito do his tasks and kept him alive. But when the tasks gets more and more difficult, she knew she had no choice but to escape from the evil man. So, she spit three times in the fireplace which will give them time to get away while the spit covers up fro Flor whenever Don Ricardo calls. This spitting three times into the fire used the motif of the number three, where the magic that Blanca Flor has will help them buy some time and get away from the domain of Don Ricardo. Outside of his boundary, his magic will no longer have any effect on them so they needed the magic to help them get away as far as possible.
The meaning of Gwendolen's words is that she is against the traditional idea that women are the ones who should stay at home to be in charge of the domestic duties. She shows that women might have a position of power and that men can stay at home.
The literary technique used is Paradox because Gwendolen proposes a reversal of the traditional and well-known ideas.
Answer:
The Crucible begins in the house of Reverend Samuel Parris, whose daughter, Betty, lies unconscious in bed upstairs. Abigail denies that she and the other girls were participating in witchcraft, but Parris suspects she is lying. ... He thinks that she and Betty have conjured spells.
