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in "the gettysburg address," president lincoln argues that all those who have come to gettysburg to dedicate the cemetery there cannot "consecrate" or "hallow" the ground. that is, neither he nor anyone else can confer honor upon this place.
is lincoln's reasoning in support of this argument sound?

yes, because he points out that to make gettysburg an honored place would be to celebrate the awful violence and destruction of war.

no, because he ultimately asserts that his speech remembering those who died at gettysburg will turn the battlefield into a shrine.

no, because he later states that gettysburg was already viewed as a sanctified or holy place long before the battle was fought there.

yes, because he then notes that the courageous sacrifices of those who died there have already made gettysburg a place of honor and solemn respect.

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

Using the library or the internet as a resource, locate and watch two different live production interpretations of act iii of our town. then, compare and contrast how the two interpretations represented the original play. did either of the interpretations make any changes to the original material? if so, how did it affect your experience as a viewer? did you interpret the characters any differently after watching the live productions? why or why not?

[v]ast numbers of our people are compelled to seek their livelihood by begging, robbing, stealing, cheating, flattering, suborning, forswearing, forging . . which satirical element is most dominant in the passage above?