Read the following passage:
i thought i could outrun my grief, but looking back now,
see it had followed me everywhere. it was there in boston.
it was there in amarillo and in seattle. it was even here in
charlotte. i carried it with me like an overstuffed backpack.
how does the author's use of parallelism most clearly support the central
idea?
o
a. it illustrates how the grief is like a backpack because the speaker
carried it with him everywhere.
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b. it calls attention to the similarities between grief and a backpack
because it was so overstuffed.
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c. it emphasizes the number of places the speaker's grief followed
him.
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d. it makes readers consider how grief affected the speaker in each
town.

Which sentence best states a theme of gilman's "the yellow wallpaper"? a. women in the 19th century often played a lesser role in marriage. b. when a person is unwell, rest is the best medicine. c. a husband does not believe that his wife is sick, which leads to disastrous consequences. d. the narrator does not like the yellow wallpaper in her bedroom and becomes mentally disturbed.

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.

Why are danforth, hathorne, and the other authorities so resistant to believing the claim that abigail and the other girls are lying?