The dwarves are so worried that the elves will steal their treasure that they lie to the elves about their journey through Mirkwood. This develops the theme that blind greed will hurt you.
Because the dwarves are greedy so they lie because they want the treasure
Answer: I agree.
Explanation:
In the sentence when he says ''you know'' we are getting the feeling of sarcasm by him. Since the colonialism is about authority and dominance over the people or locations, it cannot be noble.
It is referring to the interests of one or more person and it is not a benign thing.
Although it is about ''self-respect in some way'' the dominance over someone isn't justified and people are aware of it, that is why I think that he was sarcastic.
Answer:
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
An allusion is a reference to an object or a circumstance from an unrelated context. This reference tends to be done indirectly, and usually without explanation, so that the reader can make the connection by himself. In this case, the "Plutonian shore" refers to the afterlife (guarded by Pluto), while the bust of Pallas refers to the goddess of wisdom, Athena.