In this excerpt from Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal", the statement that best describes how irony is used in the excerpt is <em>"Swift states that he is speaking from "the sincerity in (his) heart."</em>
Swift is going to state his "modest proposal". He writes about how Ireland is suffering for being under British rule. How impoverished couples have trouble feeding their children. Mothers and children beg on the streets. To avoid this, Swift suggests in a satirical way that women should sell their children to rich English landowners, so they will serve them as meals. He could not seriously write this from the sincerity of his heart, this is ironical.
The answer is
(B) The Iron Curtain.
In the Michio Kaku's book, Visions, he states that we are continuing to rush ahead. To prove that, he says “In the past decade more scientific knowledge has been created than in all of human history.” Since we are so advance, we don't need to be observers "of the dance of Nature". We have moved “from being passive observers of Nature to being active choreographers of Nature.” We are no longer discovering, now we are creating. Conserning future predictions Kaku says to listen to "those who create it".
Answer:
The interpretation of the particular circumstance is provided in the subsection below.
Explanation:
- Arachne seems to have been a warrior throughout Greek mythology who confronted Athena but was also turned into some kind of spider as more of a result. The myth consists of three main variants. One account seems to have it that she's the child of a shepherd, who has been exceptionally competent in weaving.
- It illustrates the strength of gods, as well as the moral implications of wrath. Religious belief becomes the reason, otherwise.