In chapter 15 of to kill a mocking bird, lawyer Atticus Finch is at a jailhouse protecting his client, Tom Robinson, an African American man accused of attacking a white woman in their Alabama town, from a lynch mob. In at least 300 words, explain how Scouts actions dispel the tension of the situation. how do the events that unfold in this scene relate to the theme of compassion developed in other sections of the excerpted novel ? Cute textual evidence to support your inferences and analysis

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.

Why do you think benjamin franklin used the pseudonym mrs. silenced dogood?

In act 5, which of the following seems to carry power in rome? a. violence b. rhetoric c. hope d. defeat