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Irony
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Contrast between expectation and reality, three types: verbal, situational, and dramatic
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Verbal irony
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Takes place when a person says one thing but means another, simplest kind of irony, can become sarcasm if taken to the extreme
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Situational irony
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Occurs when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate, often humorous, may mock human plans and intentions
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Dramatic irony
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Occurs when the reader or audience knows something important that the character doesn’t know, adds to the tensions in stories, plays, and movies, heightens the sense of humor in comedies, depends the sense of dread in tragedies
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Screwtape Letters Who is “The enemy”
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God/ Christ
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Screwtape Letters Who is our father below
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Satan
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Screwtape Letters Why is the patient not given a name
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C.S. Lewis wanted us to realize he represents us all
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Screwtape Letters What is the critical piece of information cs lewis wanted the readers to know about Satan in the prologue
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He was a liar from the beginning
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Screwtape Letters Why would Christians go through a period of disappointment or anticlimax ad they begin their Christian walk
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One idea, none are perfect, work at following Christ, freely love Him as a choice
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Screwtape Letters Parrot talk
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Repeating prayers that have no meaning anymore
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Screwtape Letters What is the next way/ are the best ways to corrupt his prayer life according to Screwtape
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Prayer of silence, position doesn’t matter, where God is, feelings of courage
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Screwtape Letters Why is it preferred for people to waste away in a nursing home rather than dying in a war
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In war, the people are more likely to be prepared for death, in a nursing home, the people are lies to and tend to indulge themselves, unaware of death
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Screwtape Letters Why does Screwtape patient to be in maximum insecurity/ worry
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It can keep him from focusing on the enemy
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Screwtape Letters Most beneficial way to use anger and kindness together would be for the patient to show kindness and love to those he barely knows an dto direct anger at those who he encounters every day
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True
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Screwtape Letters How does the human belief of a demon or devil as being a little guy in red tights actually make them think about demons
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It makes the humans think they could not believe something so chilly exists
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Screwtape Letters What does the asphyxiating cloud around the patient mean
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He is under the protection of God
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Screwtape Letters Which is the best form of humor to use against the patient
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Flippancy
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Screwtape Letters Why is humility a good thing for the demons to tempt
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It can lead to the human taking pride in how humble they are
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Screwtape Letters Why is living in the present dangerous in the view of the demon
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It is the closest they can feel to God’s perspective of eternity
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Screwtape Letters Why is living with thoughts of the future a help to demonic temptation
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Hope for somethings, afraid of something’s, thoughts of non realities
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Screwtape Letters Least like eternity
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The future
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Screwtape Letters What does Screwtape turn into at the end of chapter 22
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A centipede
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Screwtape Letters How can the belief in the historical Jesus harm a persons belief in Him
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Un-historical, manipulated, whatever the people think He should be
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Screwtape Letters What does Screwtape suggest wormwood do make the prayer life of the patient suffer
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Convince the patient that if the prayer isn’t answered that prayers don’t work and if the prayer is answered that there are explainable reasons
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Screwtape Letters Why does Screwtape not really want the war to continue with bombing
He doesn't want to patient to end up being killed
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Screwtape Letters Why must demons rely on hatred or cowardice rather than courage
They have no way of creating positive virtues, courage is a virtue
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Screwtape Letters What happened to the patient
He was killed in war
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Screwtape Letters Not an example of satire in the book
By making him a kind of Childe Harold or Wether submerged in self - pity for imaginary distresses
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Screwtape Letters C.S. Lewis most likely wrote the Screwtape letters as a satire in order to
Bring to light the reality of spiritual warfare
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By the waters of Babylon which sentence shows that the story is told from the first person point of view
I am the son of a priest
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By the waters of Babylon the narrator is special because
He is training to become a priest
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By the waters of Babylon what does John discover in the place of the gods
The ruins of a destroyed city
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By the waters of Babylon what does John discover one night in a dream
The great burning and destruction
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By the waters of Babylon what does John imply about this knowledge
It is not adequate in this situation
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There will come soft rains which word best describes the house
Mechanical
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There will come soft rains you can conclude that the family
Didn't expect to die
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There will come soft rains what is strange about the messages read by the voices in the house
No one is Alive to hear them
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There will come soft rains who are the gods referring to in this story
The mother, father, and children who lived in the house
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There will come soft rains you can conclude that the family died
As as result of a nuclear blast
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The interlopers the feud between georg and ulrich is about
Who owns a piece of land
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The interlopers statement clarifies the meaning of the message
Georg wants to be friends with Ulrich
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The interlopers the story ends when
Wolves run towards Georg and Ulrich
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The interlopers Georg and Ulrich react to being trapped under the tree by
Making their peace
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The interlopers what is an interloper
An intruder
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How much land does a man need the wife says that the life a peasant is
Hard but worry free
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How much land does a man need why does Pakhom want to buy land at first
So he won't have to worry about fines
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How much land does a man need which of the following the the story's moral message
Take only as much as you need, don't be greedy
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How much land does a man need the moral of the story is told when Pakhom
Tries to walk farther than he knew he could
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How much land does a man need which phrasing best describes Pakhom
Never satisfied
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How much land does a man need Pakhom's first plot of land seems different to him after the purchase because it
Now belongs to him
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi which is the main idea of the Story
Conflict between Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the snake Nagina
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi what is the authors purpose for writing this piece
To entertain
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi which of following best describes the setting of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Segowlee cantonment (British army post) India, during British occupation
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi how do the animals in the story bets resemble humans
The animals in the story can talk, have feelings, and fight for freedom
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi relationship between Rikki and teddy and how does their relationship develop
Teddy discovers Rikki in the garden, Rikki becomes a part of teddy's family, Rikki protects teddy from being killed by nag and Nagaina
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi what main problem did Rikki-Tikki-Tavi face
Rikki felt the need to protect the family and the other garden animals from the snakes, Rikki knows he needs to kill nag and Nagaina
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi which best describes darzee, the tailorbird
Fearful and timid
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi darzees wife and Nagaina are similar because they both
Take action to protect their families
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi if teddy's father had not used his ____, Rikki might have _____
Gun, been killed
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi climax of the story
Rikki bites Nagaina's tail and follows her into the rat hole and kills her
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi resolution of the story
Rikki surprises all of the garden animals by appearing and announcing his victory
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Masque of the Red Death why do prince prospero and his guests lock themselves in an abbey
To escape the red death
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Masque of the Red Death what do the revelers' masks and costumes symbolize their attempt to hide from the Red Death
They look like dreams moving from room to room
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Masque of the Red Death what do the red windows symbolize
Blood and death
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Masque of the Red Death how do the guests really feel
Under their happy exterior, they are still worries about the red death
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Masque of the Red Death symbol that suggests that revelers will not live long
The ebony clock
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Masque of the Red Death what does the uninvited guest symbolize
Death
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Masque of the Red Death what do the tripods' flames symbolize
The revelers' lives
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Masque of the Red Death how do the guests react to the black room
They Fear it and do not want to enter it
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Masque of the Red Death the location of the black chamber at the end of the suite
Suggests the end of daylight and life
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Masque of the Red Death price prospero objects to the masked stranger because he
Arrived uninvited and is costumed as a victim of the red death
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Masque of the Red Death why is this softy an allegory
All of the characters and settings are symbolic
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Antigone's cousin
Haemon
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Antigone's traitor brother
Polyneices
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Antigone's loyal brother
Eteocles
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Antigone's mother
Jocasta
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Antigone's sister
Ismene
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Antigone's uncle
Creon
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Antigone's father
Oedipus
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Antigone's fiancé
Haemon
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Antigone who does creon refuse to bury
Polyneices
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Antigone who's laws does Antigone says she follows
The gods'
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Antigone who is the protagonist of the play
Antigone
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Antigone who is the antagonist of the play
Creon
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Antigone I did not do it I did not see who did it you must not punish me for what someone else has done
He acts without fairness
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Antigone I am aware of course that no ruler can expect complete loyalty from his subjects until he has been tested in office
He knows that no one can trust him yet, and is afraid no one does
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Antigone and her father's shared tragic flaw is that they both
Act stubbornly
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Antigone what prophecy does Teiresias reveal
Creon' family will dies if he refuses to appease the gods
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Antigone why does Antigone believe polyneices deserves a burial
He is royalty and is entitled an honorable burial in order to be at peace
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Antigone all of the following are values of creon except
Loyalty to family and friends takes precedence over state
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Antigone how does Antigone justify breaking creons law
She believed that the gods' laws are above human laws
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Antigone how does haemon try and persuade creon
Reports that citizens of Thebes feel that creon's punishment is wrong
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Antigone how is Antigone to be put to death
Places alive in a tomb with food
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Antigone what is creon's motive for wishing to free Antigone
He is afraid to lose his family and his kingdom
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Antigone what does haemon do just before killing himself
Tries to kill his father
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Antigone what does Eurydice do when she learns of her son's death
Kills herself
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Antigone what lesson does creon learn at the end of the play
He learns that his pride destroyed his family
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Antigone gentlemen I have to honor to inform you that our ship of state
Pathos
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Antigone I have summoned you here this morning because I know that I can depend upon you
Logos
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Antigone unfortunately, as you know, his two sons
Ethos
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Antigone in flood time you can see how some trees bend
Pathos and logos
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Night what town do eliezer and his family come from
Sighet
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Night what does elie recruit Moishe the beadle to teach him
The Kabbalah
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Night what is elie's oldest sisters name
Hilda
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Night upon his return to the village, what does Moishe the Beadle try to do
Warn the villagers about the nazi threat
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Night after being evacuated from their original homes, where are the Jews of sighet sent
To a ghetto within sighet
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Night on what day is elie's family deported from sighet
The sabbath, the day of rest
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Night on the train from sighet, of what does Mrs. Schäcter have visions
Furnace
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Night what do several men on the train do when they are unable to endure Mrs. Schächter's screaming
Beat her senseless
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Night from whom is elie separated at Birkenau
His mother and three sisters
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Night during his first selection at Birkenau, what do elie and his father pretend their ages are
Eighteen and fourth
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Night who is the infamous nazi doctor presiding over the auchwitz arrivals
Dr. Mengele
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Night what is the Kaddish
Jewish prayer for the dead
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Night in Birkenau, what is the new name given to elie
A - 7713
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Night at auschwitz, who recognizes elie and his father
Their relative from Antwerp, named Stein
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Night at buna, with whom is Elie placed on a block
Musicians
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Night who is idek
Elie's kapo in the electrical equipment warehouse
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Night to whom does eliezer lose the gold crown on his tooth
Franek
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Night what do the gestapo do after an instance of sabotage at buna
Hang a young child
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Night after akiba drumer's death, what do elie and the other prisoners do
Forget to say the prayer for the dead
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Night in January 1945, what sort of infection does elie contract
Foot
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Night in the concentration camp hospital, elie's neighbor remarks he has lost faith in everything except what
Hitler
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Night during the long run after buna, what does elie say was the only thing that kept him from giving up
His father's presence
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Night in the shed, taking a brief break from the run, what does elie pray for
For the strength to never abandon his father for his own benefit
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Night in the barracks at Gleiwitz, what does Eliezer hear
Juliek playing Beethoven on the violin
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Night Where does eliezer's father die
Buchenwald
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A Raisin in the Sun the set of the play is supposed to covey a sense of
Shabbiness, over- crowdedness, exhaustion
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A Raisin in the Sun the relationship between Ruth and Walter in the first scene may be best described as
Argumentative
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A Raisin in the Sun why did mama call Walter a disgrace to his father's memory
He had become too concerned with money and had lost traditional family values
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A Raisin in the Sun the person whose presence helps Walter stand up to Linder
Travis
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A Raisin in the Sun how are they inspired by their heritage at the end of the play
Walter turns down the buyout offer in memory of his father, beneatha's new dream to take her skills to Africa
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A Raisin in the Sun a conflict takes place in act one when
Walter lee struggles with other family members over money
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A Raisin in the Sun the purpose of having Travis in the play
Being a child, Travis represents the future and the dream of a better tomorrow
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A Raisin in the Sun what does mamas plant represent
The importance of enduring, seeing some dreams come true, and of growing, as some of the characters did mature
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A Raisin in the Sun Walter lee clashing with other characters in the play in an example of
External conflict
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A Raisin in the Sun Ruth's internal conflict was
Whether or not to have an abortion
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A Raisin in the Sun Walters struggle with his own thoughts and feelings is an example of
Internal conflict
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A Raisin in the Sun the title refers to
A dream deferred
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A Raisin in the Sun this morning I was looking in the mirror and thinking about it
Walter
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A Raisin in the Sun sometimes it's like I can see the future stretched out in front of me
Walter
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A Raisin in the Sun why did Walter day darn my eggs
Walter wants to dream of a better life and Ruth keeps pushing reality back at him
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A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry is a
Playwright
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A Raisin in the Sun the theme would be
Life is hard and sometimes unfair
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A Raisin in the Sun play about
The American dream
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A Raisin in the Sun effect of mamas trusting Walter with the insurance money
Walter feels like a new man
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A Raisin in the Sun when Linder first speaks to the youngest, beneatha's mood changes from
Caution to interest to anger
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A Raisin in the Sun the title from the poem Harlem is an example of an
Allusion
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A Raisin in the Sun the theme of Harlem would be
What happens to a dream when its is put on hold
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A Raisin in the Sun example of imagery
Fester like a sore and stink like rotten meat
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A Raisin in the Sun example of alliteration
Syrupy sweet
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A Raisin in the Sun does it dry up like A Raisin in the Sun is an example of
Simile
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Julius Caesar reveals his tragic flaw may be to be too proud to listen to warnings when he
Dismisses the soothsayer
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Julius Caesar why does Cassius describe saving Caesar from drowning
To show caesars weakness
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Julius Caesar Brutus's tragic flaw
He is easily persuaded
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Julius Caesar the conspirators want Brutus to join them because Brutus
Is known to be an honorable man
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Julius Caesar why do Flavius and marullus make plans to remove the decorations from the statues
Flavius and Marullus want to diminish Caesar's growing power
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Julius Caesar when Cassius speaks to Brutus during the festival race, Cassius argues that Caesar
Seems to strive for too much power
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Julius Caesar Cassius's description of the storm night as a pleasing night to honest men reveals that Cassius
Believes casar has offended the gods and that his plan against Caesar is honorable
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Julius Caesar what is Brutus's reason for refusing to swear an oath
The conspirators goal should unite them
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Julius Caesar Brutus does not fear revenge from Antony be used Antony
Cares more about having fun than fighting
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Julius Caesar Decius's arguments to persuade Caesar to leave his house appeal to which of Caesar's tragic flaws
His weakness for flattery
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Julius Caesar why does Artemidorus say that Caesar needs to read his letter first
The letter concerns Caesar personally
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Julius Caesar Antony says that he wants to see Brutus after Caesar's murder to
Find out why the conspirators killed Caesar
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Julius Caesar Brutus decides to let Antony speak at Caesar's funeral because he thinks that
Antony's speech will help the conspirators
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Julius Caesar why does Brutus say that he killed Caesar
He loved Rome more than he loved Caesar
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Julius Caesar when Brutus leaves the funeral after giving his speech, he shows that he has the tragic flaw of
Being too sure of his ability to persuade others
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Julius Caesar Antony claims he refuses to read the will of Caesar to the crowd because it
Will make the crowd angry that Caesar is dead
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Julius Caesar Antony shoes Caesar's wounds during the funeral to
Anger the people against the conspirators
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Julius Caesar what do Antony and Octavius plan to do
Build an army
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Julius Caesar while in his tent, Brutus accused Cassius of
Taking bribes
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Julius Caesar Portia killed her self because
She is worried Brutus will die
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Julius Caesar what does the ghost of Caesar tell Brutus
Brutus will see the ghost again at Philippi
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Julius Caesar what do Brutus, Cassius, Antony, and Octavius do when they meet before the battle
Insult and belittle each other
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Julius Caesar why does Cassius have pindarus kill him
He thinks his friend is dead
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Julius Caesar what does Titinius place on Cassius's body
A wreath of victory
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Julius Caesar Brutus views the two appearances of Caesar's ghost as a warning that
Brutus will die
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Julius Caesar why does Cassius fear the ravens, crows, and kites
He believes they are omens of death
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Julius Caesar why do Brutus and Cassius say farewell to each other
In case they die and never see each other again
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Julius Caesar Titinius kills himself because
He wants to honor Cassius (who killed him self)
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Julius Caesar Cassius to Brutus
Pathos
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Julius Caesar Antony to crowd
Pathos
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Julius Caesar Calpurnia to Caesar
Pathos
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Julius Caesar Brutus to crowd
Logos
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Julius Caesar Cassius's speech I throw that virtue be in you
Ethos
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Julius Caesar cassius's speech o was born free as Caesar
Logos
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Inquisitive
Curious, asking many questions
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Acquisitive
Seeking to get things, greedy
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Requisition
Act of ordering or demanding something, to make a request or demand
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Espouse
To support, pledge support to
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Correspond
To be similar to, compare to
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Despondent
Lacking all hope
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Interrogate
To formally question
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Derogatory
Insulting, degrading
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Arrogant
Excessively proud, haughty
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Abrogate
To cancel, to repeal
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Precarious
Threatened or unsafe
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Imprecation
Curse
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Deprecate
To show disapproval of
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Admonition
Gentle sounding
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Premonition
Vision, warning or something before it happens
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Counsel
To advise, make a suggestion to, advice
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Conciliatory
Intended to lessen another's anger
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Reconcile
To bring back into agreement
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Precaution
An action taken against danger ahead of time
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Cautious
Careful not to get into danger
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Cautionary
Intended to serve as a warning
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Dissuade
To convince one not to do something
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Persuasion
Habit or type
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Gusto
Enthusiastic enjoyment
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Gustatory
Having to do with the sense of taste
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Insipid
Dull, uninteresting
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Sapient
Having knowledge, wise
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Avid
Enthusiastic, eager
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Avarice
Desire for wealth, greed
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Imbibe
Drink, soak up
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Bibulous
Drunken
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Glut
Too much of something, oversupply
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Glutton
One who wants or takes too much (especially food or drink)
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Palate
Taste or liking
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Palatable
Acceptable, satisfactory
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Rancid
Rotten, spoiled
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Rancor
Bitterness, hostility
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Putrefy
To rot, to decompose
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Putrid
Rotten, suggesting decomposition
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Stagnant
Unhealthy because of lack of movement
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Stagnate
To stop moving or growing, to become unhealthy
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Malodorous
Foul smelling
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Odoriferous
Giving off an odor
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Olfactory
Having to do with the sense of smell
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Redolent
Suggesting, carrying the hint of
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Fetid
Having an unpleasant smell
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