As expressed by Lincoln, what are two central ideas in this sentence from this paragraph? “If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?”
Question 12 options:

a)

War is the natural consequence of the immoral behavior by the South, and the North is awarded excellently in its pursuit of God’s will.

b)

Slavery is ended solely by the will of God, and those that participate in slavery must continue to honor God’s will.

c)

War is a necessary evil that is determined by God’s will, and the war of the North and the South is unavoidable.

d)

Slavery is an inevitability continued or discontinued at God’s will, and God’s power must be honored even when punishment causes suffering.

from the count of monte cristo there are two synonyms of the word “grotto”. these words are chamber and cavern.

i think its a.

an ugly duckling is teased by the other ducklings. when she grows up, however, the ducklings discover that she is a beautiful swan

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.

reflexive.the third one.