Read these lines from macbeth:
the west yet glimmers with some streaks of day:
now spur's the lated traveller apace,
to gain the timely inn: and near approaches
the subject of our watch:
which of the following correctly describes how the word gain is used here?
it suggests an increase of some value.
it suggests earning something.
it suggests reaching a place.
it suggests something owned.

“he did not want to look at the fish." what does this say about santiago's character? a. santiago feels badly that the fish died in vain. b. santiago feels sorry for himself because he's out too far. c. santiago feels sorry that he dragged the fish so far out to sea. d. he blames the fish for making him sail so far out to sea to hunt for him.

Pls excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest—in the gale—is heard— and sore must be the storm— that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm— [3] i've heard it in the chillest land— and on the strangest sea— yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb—of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird “never … asked a crumb of me.” which type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification

What do you call a person who is mean in school?