b) The, the
c) an, -
d) -, the
Answer:
Theseus.
Explanation:
In "Cruel Tribute", King Minos of Crete had imposed a tribute of seven maidens and seven young men on Athens. This was his way of exacting revenge on the killing of his son Androgeos, who he claimed was killed by the Athenian King Aegeus. Thesues is the new found son of King Aegeus, who had volunteered to be part of the tribute to be sent to King Minos. His character's actions of fighting the Minotaur in the cave, and the subsequent following by Ariadne, the Princess of Crete all led to the development of the plot.
The character whose actions most advance the development of the plot in "Cruel Tribute" would definitely be Theseus.
This tale puts the mythical king of Greece and prime contributor to the birth of Athens at the center of all the action. We follow his many battles against multiple villains throughout the story until he becomes a living legend, most notably after defeating the minotaur of King Minos. Theseus' struggles and conquests constitute the main driving force which propels the plot forward.
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compulsion
clarity
SOS:
The answer is CLARITY!
The ABC's of good letter writing apply more particularly to business letters than to any other letter; however, in many cases, they are true of all letter writing. A stands for accuracy, B for brevity, and C for clarity. Accuracy basically means authenticity, honesty, and faithfulness to the facts of the case. Brevity means conciseness. Clarity means intelligibility, comprehensibility, explicitness, precision, and plain speaking.
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Situation irony is when during a given situation the outcome is completely different as the one expected. In this case the correct instance would not be the ones that include a sarcastic comment by the narrator as that is explicit sarcasm. In here the situational irony is subtly implied by the description of the situation itself:
- “Come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” The fact that the bachelor is hesitating so much about accepting the aunt’s summoning is already ironic as it hints out at the fact that he is hesitant because he does not expect the storytelling to go well, whereas the aunt is obviously firmly convinced that her stories are awesome and that she is the quintessential storyteller. This sharp contrast between her idealized vision of herself and the bachelor’s incredulity is quite ironic.
- “In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, the behavior of the children here is obviously ironic as children usually focus intently on things that interest them and which they like but here they are disruptive, they openly voice their discontent and their confrontational stance with the aunt. Again, we have a contradiction between what the aunt thinks of herself and what the children actually think about her.
Answer:
C: “The children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.”
E: “In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”
Explanation:
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