(Dont guess, IN ORDER TO GET BRIANLEST YOU HAVE TO HAVE A EXAPLATION) Reread the final lines of the second stanza and answer the question that follows: Out from the gloomy past,

Till now we stand at last,

Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

How do these ending lines build on the mood created earlier in the stanza?

A.
by creating a sense of hope after the struggle

B.
by highlighting how things can change very quickly

C.
by displaying confusion on the part of the speakers

D.
by showing why similar events keep happening in history

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

Which statements are true of an allegory? check all that apply. it is an extended metaphor. it has literal and symbolic meanings. it to communicate an abstract concept. it is an exact representation of actual events. it uses objects to represent a single characteristic. it has moral, social, religious, or political significance.

Which best explains how melville uses his description of ahab in chapter 28 of moby-d ick to comment on the nature of man? through ahab, melville symbolizes how guilt can take over a man’s life. through ahab, melville symbolizes how obsession can take over a man’s life. through ahab, melville symbolizes how inaction can ruin a man’s life. through ahab, melville symbolizes how isolation can ruin a man’s life.