Ineed noww one of the themes of "the adventures of theseus" is it is as important to be thoughtful as it is to be brave and strong.

which detail from the story best conveys this theme?

a. "then theseus called together all the people in the house, poor wretches whom procrustes had forced to serve him, and he divided the robber’s spoils among them and told them they were free to go wherever they wished."
"then he kissed his mother and bade his grandfather good-bye, and left his home for the trackless coastland that lay to the west and north."
"'is it true,' said theseus, 'that you have lured hundreds of travelers into your den only to rob them and make them fit your iron bed? tell me, is this the awful truth? '"

b. "'athens shall not pay tribute to crete. i myself will go with these youths and maidens, and i will slay the minotaur and defy king minos himself upon his throne.'"

c."then he kissed his mother and bade his grandfather good-bye, and left his home for the trackless coastland that lay to the west and north."

d. 'is it true,' said theseus, 'that you have lured hundreds of travelers into your den only to rob them and make them fit your iron bed? tell me, is this the awful truth? '"

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

Explain what john proctor meant here! then who will judge me? god in heaven, what is john proctor what is john proctor? i think it is honest, i think so, i am no saint let rebecca go like a "

Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)