Why is macbeth both excited and fearful after hearing the witches' prediction about his future?
a. the witches told macbeth that even though he would not be king, his children would inherit the throne.
b. the witches are powerful, and macbeth is afraid they will do something to harm the king.
c. the witches told macbeth that he would be a great hero even though he would be killed in battle.
d. the witches told macbeth that he would be king, and he is worried about his role in making the prediction come true.

Me read the letter. dear aunt mary, you for the wonderful painting. you are so talented! i was thrilled that you chose to paint horses. you must have remembered that i was crazy about horses when i was a little kid—and i still love them. i have hung the painting in my room so that i can see it every morning when i wake up. your loving niece, celia what makes this letter appropriate for its intended audience? it is written from the third-person point of view. it is concise and impersonal. its sentence structure is varied. its language is informal.

The great depression, which lasted throughout the 1930s in the united states, affected many people, and it had a devastating impact on an entire subset of the u.s. population. modernist writer john steinbeck wrote about the toll the depression took on these families, many of whom were forced to leave their farms and find other sources of income.

Which two sentences in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich reflect the author's belief that russia's rising middle class was unable to express genuine emotion?