Based on the given excerpt above from The Redeemed Captive by John Williams, the phrase from this excerpt that demonstrates a Puritan influence would be this: <span>"but I refused once and again; he told me he would dash out my brains with his hatchet if I refused." This phrase shows that they are very serious about people who believe and follow God. Hope this answer helps.</span>
Answer:
evil
Explanation:
Definition of Wicked: Evil or morally wrong.
Definition of Evil: Profoundly immoral and wicked.
Answer: was made.
Explanation: In the sentence, "The decision was made", the words "was made" constitute the verb phrase. This is because a verb phrase consists of both an auxiliary and a main verb and in the sentence, "The decision was made", the verb "was" is an auxiliary verb, while the verb "made" is a main verb, making the verbs "was made" a verb phrase.
Well, you can see that the problem that they are having is that they need to promote the play, they have everything ready and rehearsed, but "nobody wanted to preform for an empty house" they needed to promote the play so that a bunch of people would come and enjoy the hard work that they put into it.
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