In act ii, scene 2, after he murders duncan, macbeth asks, "will all great neptune’s ocean wash this blood / clean from my hand? " neptune was the roman god of the sea. how does this allusion to neptune affect the play? it reveals the great depth of macbeth's guilt, suggesting that all the water in the ocean cannot cleanse him of it. it reveals that macbeth is highly educated, a trait that will serve him well when he assumes the scottish throne. it indicates that macbeth is delusional, imagining blood on his hands where there is none. it suggests that macbeth views duncan as a figure of great power, one whose death he cannot comprehend.

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a.to show where the shoes came from b.to show how valuable the shoes were c.to reveal why stanley was arrested d.to give background on the homeless shelter

Read lines 44 - 47 from the poem "your laughter and answer the question, deny me bread, air, light, spring, but never your laughter for i would die

Would the essay be more or less effective in explaining the concept of dead reckoning if you knew from the beginning that ahmed is an ant?