2 Points
Read these lines from The Tempest in which Miranda addresses Ferdinand
... Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
I am your wife, if you will marry me;
If not, I'll die your maid; to be your fellow
You may deny me; but I'll be your servant,
Whether you will or no.
What inference do these lines best support?
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A. Miranda is willing to assert herself when necessary
B. Miranda is too afraid of her father to disobey him.
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C. Miranda thinks it is better to be dead than to be without Ferdinand
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D. Miranda doesn't believe Ferdinand will be faithful to her.

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)

the answer is clear boy

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.