What textual evidence supports the analysis that the
setting develops the character's bravery?
how shall i tell what i saw? i wont carefully, my strung
bow in my hand, my skin ready for danger. there should
have been the wailings of spirits and the shrieks of
demons, but there were not. it was very silent and sunny
where i had landed the wind and the rain and the birds
that drop seeds had done their work--the grass grew in
the cracks of the broken stone. it is a fair island-no
wonder the gods built there. if i had come there, a god, i
also would have built.
-"by the waters of babylon,
stephen vincent benet
"the grass grew in the cracks of the broken stone."
"there should have been the wailings of spirits and
the shrieks of demons"
it was very silent and sunny where i had landed"
it is a fair island no wonder the gods built there."

What similarities are there between melchizedek and the englishman santiago? explain

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.

Which detail from chancer's "the monk's tale" best demonstrates that fortune is a "blind property" that no one should trust? a.julius ceaser rose up because of wisdom, bravery, and intelligence b. king belshazzar became the ruler after his powerful father became king c.samsons enemies blinded him but he was able to destroy them before he died d.queen zenobia enjoyed vast power but her enemies conquered her in the end