In what way does the following line from james joyce's "araby" contribute to the symbolism of the story?
she was waiting for us, her figure defined by the light from the half-opened door.

a. mangan's sister's attractive figure symbolizes the better life the narrator expects when he is older and has escaped his dark neighborhood.

b. the light mentioned here works symbolically with the "half-opened door" motif to suggest the narrator's confusion about what path to take in life.

c. mangan's sister is associated with light in the story's imagery because she is part of the narrator's hopes for a greater life.

d. the partial light reflects the sense of balance that the narrator seeks but finds missing in his "blind" street and dark neighborhood.

e. mangan's sister, who is half-cloaked in light, symbolizes the dark buildings and bright lights of the enchanting east.

Which theme is best supported by the story the bachelor tells in “the storyteller”?

What causes cassius to delay killing caesar? a. the crowds around caesar b. a violent storm c. brutus’s reluctance d. the disorganization it the resistance

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion