In the story, "The Lady, or the Tiger?", according to the king, the minds of his subjects had been refined and cultured by what?
a. extensive schooling and mental discipline.
b. faithful attendance at church.
c. exhibitions of manly and beastly valor.
d. exposure to the writing of only the most revered poets in the land.

Why is emerson’s essay “self-reliance” a great example of transcendentalism?

At last it was settled by lot that zeus should reign supreme in heaven, whilst aides governed the lower world, and poseidon had full command over the sea, but the supremacy of zeus was recognized in all three kingdoms, in heaven, on earth (in which of course the sea was included), and under the earth. zeus held his court on the top of mount olympus, whose summit was beyond the clouds; the dominions of aides were the gloomy unknown regions below the earth; and poseidon reigned over the sea. what element of a myth does this excerpt contain? an example of an historical event a lesson about human behavior an explanation of an event in nature a story about gods or goddesses

What is the central theme of the sniper