In anguish, _______ bloodies his head against a tree trunk and howls, “not like a man, but like a savage beast being goaded to death with knives and spears.”

Here are some extracts from "Lamb to the Slaughter".Match each word in bold with a synonym that could be used in its place. a small patch of congealed blood on the dead man’s head. Answer 1 Question 3… a few moments later, punctually as always, she heard the tires…Answer 2 Question 3Her first instinct was not to believe any of it, to reject it all. Answer 3 Question 3The voice sounded peculiar too.Answer 4 Question 3For her, this was always a blissful time of day. Answer 5 Question 3if I allowed you to remain in his house without offering you decent hospitality. Answer 6 Question 3…the new drink was dark amber with the quantity of whiskey in it.Answer 7 Question 3The four men searching the rooms seemed to be growing weary, a trifle exasperated.Answer 8 Question 3…watching him all the time with those large, bewildered eyes.Answer 9 Question 3Now and again she would glance up at the clock, but without anxiety…Answer 10 Question 3trying to say consoling things to her. Answer 11 Question 3it would be a shock and she’d become frantic with grief and horror. Answer 12 Question 3The drop of a head as she bent over her sewing was curiously tranquil.Answer 13 Question 3

"What ho? You men, you beasts"Select the most accurate analysis of this quote*1 pointPrince Escalus' anger and disbelief at the conflict is clear. The question reveals he is desperately trying to understand how their level of violence towards each other is even possible. Through the noun "beasts", this metaphor highlights how Price Escalus views the men, and their behaviour, as more animalistic than human.Prince Escalus' sadness towards the conflict is clear. The question reveals he is desperately trying to find the right words to say. Through the adjective "beasts", this simile highlights how Price Escalus believes they are behaving like animals.Prince Escalus' anger and disbelief at the conflict is clear. The question reveals he is desperately trying to understand how their level of violence towards each other is even possible. Through the verb "beasts", this juxtaposition highlights how Price Escalus views the men, and their behaviour, as more animalistic than human.

Question 5 of 10Read this passage from Dostoyevsky's novella Notes from the Underground:But do you know, gentlemen, what was the chief point about my spite? Why, the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen, I was inwardly conscious with shame that I was not only not a spiteful but not even an embittered man, that I was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it.In what way is the narrator most clearly a monster?A.He is ashamed, even though he has no reason to be.B.He gives advice, even when not asked for it.C.He is straightforward about his spite.D.He is intentionally cruel for no reason.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which passage is an example of rising action in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"?A.Upon its head . . . sat the hideous beast . . . I had walled the monster up within the tomb!B.From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition.C.I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket!D.But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburthen my soul.

lamb to the slaughter story tell me the themes that the character represents