Answer:
2nd and 4th
Explanation:
The second and the fourth stanza of the poem is that which exhibits people's expression of life
He could be telling it from any view. Such as his own, from other's point of view, or as an omniscient narrator.
Answer:
C. Haven't
Explanation:
I figured this out by the process of elimination.
"They decided to have a wash <em>have </em>they." This sentence doesn't make sense because this is not the right word to fill in the blank.
"They decided to have a wash, didn't they." Also does not make sense because it is not the right type of past, present, or future tense.
"They decided to have a wash, haven't they." This is the only word that fits this sentence.
Answer and Explanation:
I believe the author, Ambrose Bierce, used the surprising ending of his short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" to indirectly criticize romanticism. Romanticism is characterized by idealization of people, especially women, as well a the supernatural interfering in people's lives - among other characteristics. At first, that seems to be the path Bierce has taken with this story. When the main character, Peyton Farquhar, is about to be hanged, the noose of the rope breaks, and he escapes. He begins to swim and later walk back home, so far indicating an ideal ending based on luck and chance.
However, a more attentive reader already begins to notice something strange about all this. Not only is Peyton having alarming symptoms all over his body, but going back home would not be a clever alternative. The soldiers could very well follow him home and kill him there. It turns out that Peyton has never escaped. The noose breaking, his returning home and meeting with his lovely wife, all of it was just a brief hallucination. He dies hanging from the bridge. There is no romantic ending to this story, but a more realistic - and crude - one.
