Read the excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest. Jack. I have lost both my parents. Lady Bracknell. To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. What effect does the pun have on this scene? It makes the scene more humorous. It makes the scene more serious. It makes the scene confusing. It makes the scene boring.

Item 7 shakespeare often puts the audience in a situation where they know more than one of the characters does. how does shakespeare increase the tension in the four-lovers story line by giving the audience information that one or more of the characters does not have? the audience knows that hermia’s father really approves of lysander and there is no need for hermia and lysander to run away. this knowledge builds tension because the audience wonders if hermia and lysander’s relationship will survive a night in the woods. the audience knows that helena really hates hermia and wants to hurt her. this knowledge builds tension when helena tells demetrius of hermia’s plan to run away because the audience wonders if hermia will be caught and punished. the audience knows that lysander and demetrius are under the spell, but helena and hermia do not. this knowledge builds tension and makes the audience eager to see what will happen next. the audience knows that oberon is observing the lovers, but the lovers do not know. this knowledge builds tension because oberon falls in love with helena and decides to become a human so he can marry her.

Select the correct answer blindness, both literal and figurative, is a recurring theme in sophocles's oedipus trilogy. how does sophocles depict this theme in antigone? o a. he juxtaposes creon, who is figuratively blind to the gods' laws, with teiresias, who is literally blind but can see and communicate the will of the gods ob. he contrasts ismene with antigone, by portraying ismene as figuratively blind to her family's woes, unlike antigone. oc. he shows that antigone is figuratively blind to the just laws of her uncle, king creon. od. he shows that haemon is figuratively blinded by his anger toward his father when he attempts to kill his father

Match these items. 1. academic language letter or letters added to the end of a word that changes the part of speech and meaning of the root word 2. social language language spoken with peers in social settings 3. suffix language spoken in academic settings 4. root word letter or letters added to the beginning or end of a word, root, or stem, or the middle of a word, to modify its meaning 5. prefix initial word before adding a suffix and/or prefix 6. affix letter or letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of the word