Read the passage.

in 1924, nathan leopold and richard loeb were convicted of killing a fourteen-year-old neighbor boy. leopold and loeb were in their late teens, came from wealthy families, and attended college. they wanted to commit the “perfect crime.” attorney clarence darrow, a lifetime opponent of the death penalty, was their defense attorney.

excerpt from clarence darrow’s closing argument in illinois v. nathan leopold and richard loeb, august 22–25, 1924

…they wanted a complete crime. there had been growing in this brain, dwarfed and twisted as every act in this case shows it was dwarfed and twisted, there had been growing this scheme, not due to any wickedness of dickie loeb, for he is a child. it grew as he grew; it grew from those around him; it grew from the lack of the proper training until it possessed him. he believed he could beat the police. he believed he could plan the perfect crime. he had thought of it and talked of it for years. had talked of it as a child; had worked at it as a child, and this sorry act of his, utterly irrational and motiveless, a plan to commit a perfect crime which must contain kidnapping and there must be ransom, or else it could not be perfect, and they must get the money.

based on this excerpt, what is the speaker's viewpoint on the person who committed the crime?

a) he is a good person underneath.
b) he is mentally ill.
c) he has been misunderstood.
d) he is brilliant but evil.

When should readers refer to a dictionary instead of relying on context clues? select all that apply.when they have timeeach unfamiliar word they findwhen the surrounding words are unfamiliarwhen an unfamiliar word appears frequently

Read the passage from animal farm. "that was part of the arrangement! " cried squealer. "jones's shot only grazed him. i could show you this in his own writing, if you were able to read it. the plot was for snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. and he very nearly succeeded—i will even say, comrades, he would have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic leader, comrade napoleon. do you not remember how, just at the moment when jones and his men had got inside the yard, snowball suddenly turned and fled, and many animals followed him? and do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that comrade napoleon sprang forward with a cry of 'death to humanity! ' and sank his teeth in jones's leg? surely you remember that, comrades? " exclaimed squealer, frisking from side to side. now when squealer described the scene so graphically, it seemed to the animals that they did remember it. at any rate, they remembered that at the critical moment of the battle snowball had turned to flee. but boxer was still a little uneasy. how does the characterization of squealer support the author’s purpose? squealer's dramatic accusations draw parallels between him and stalin’s propagandists. squealer's uncertainty shows that he is not a reliable ally of napoleon and is ineffective with messaging. squealer's ability to get the animals to listen to him shows that any animal can rise to be a leader in time. squealer's humble interactions with the animals reflect the importance of equality and cooperation.

What element of medieval literature does the disappearance of the sword into the lake represent?