Someone to talk tonight?

Read the passage from "The Lady, or the Tiger.”

This question is missing the answer choices. I was able to find the complete question online. The choices are the following:

A. to reveal that the outcome of the trial is decided by luck.

B. to show that the verdict is predetermined.

C. to reveal that the defendants are in control of the verdict.

D. to emphasize that the trial is completely fair.

Answer:

The author's purpose for describing the two doors as absolutely identical is:

A. to reveal that the outcome of the trial is decided by luck.

Explanation:

"The Lady, or the Tiger" is a short story by American author and humorist Frank Richard Stockton (18340-1902). In the story, a king is described as semi-barbaric, which shows he is only partially civilized. He understands the importance of a trial to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or not. However, the trial he comes up with is absurd, and the outcome is decided by sheer luck.

The person being accused of the crime is led to an arena. There, he is supposed to choose between two doors. Behind one of them, he will find a beautiful maiden. Behind the other one, he will find a tiger. The doors are completely identical - nothing about them reveals what is behind them. Thus, it is really a matter of luck whether the man will choose the lady or the tiger. If he chooses the door with the maiden, he is found innocent, and his reward is to marry her immediately. If he chooses the door with the tiger, he is found guilty, and his punishment is to be eaten by the animal.

As we can see, it does not matter whether the person really committed a crime or not. What matters is how lucky he is to choose to right door.

6 0

3 years ago

Select the correct answer.

skelet666 [1.2K]

Answer:

C. It brings the plot back to the present day.

Explanation:

Correct on the edmentum test

8 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

does anyone know the figurative language being used in women by alice walker. and what quote it is.

swat32

Answer:

Implied metaphor.

"How they battered down 

Doors 

And ironed 

Starched white 

Shirts 

How they led 

Armies 

Headragged generals 

Across mined 

Fields 

Bo oby-trapped 

Ditches"

Explanation:

Alice Walker's poem "Women" is a poem about women in general and how they fight for their children's right to education. The poem is written in short, at times, monosyllable lines, where the speaker talks of mothers and their hard work to get an education for their children.

Figurative languages are the elements of writing that writers employ in their writing to give more 'color' and 'body' to their work. And in this poem, Alice Walker uses an implied metaphor. This element can be seen in the lines

How they battered down 

Doors 

And ironed 

Starched white 

Shirts 

How they led 

Armies 

Headragged generals 

Across mined 

Fields 

Bo oby-trapped 

Ditches

Here, the speaker makes a comparison between the women/ mothers and several personalities like army generals, or army commanders, and other daily workers. These efforts by the mothers are for their children to "discover books, desks, a place" to get an education which they themselves weren't able to access.

Thus, the figurative language used in this poem is an implied metaphor.

8 0

3 years ago

How is lyddie loyal in the book lyddie?

kondor19780726 [428]

In the book Lyddie, the young girl Lyddie has two passions. These are: a deep-seated loyalty to her family and a desire for independence as is so common in a teenager. One example is, how she saves her family from an intruding bear as she stares it down while her family escapes to the loft. She then works tirelessly in a textile mill to pay off her family's debt on their farm.

7 0

3 years ago

Match the example with the logical fallacy it illustrates.

posledela

Answer:

1. C: Hasty Generalization

Explanation:

Hasty Generalization  is the fallacy that uses claims with no evidence, only exaggeration.

Answer:

2. A: Fear

Explanation:

A fallacy that appeals to fear is the one that only tries to increase fear: "none of us will be safe on the road."

Answer:

3. B: Popularity

Explanation:

A popularity appeal  is known as Bandwagon Argument, which is the falacy that says that something is true only because many people believe or act accourding to some ideas.

6 0

3 years ago