Read the following excerpt from Robinson Crusoe, in which Crusoe decides to
leave England:
I consulted neither father nor mother any more, nor so
much as sent them word of it; but leaving them to hear of it
as they might, without asking God's blessing or my father's,
without any consideration of circumstances or
consequences, and in an ill hour, God knows, on the 1st of
September 1651, I went on board a ship bound for London.
Never any young adventurer's misfortunes, I believe, began
sooner, or continued longer than mine.
Based on the context of this excerpt, what does the phrase "without asking
God's blessing" convey about the time in which this story was written?
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A. It indicates that the people of Defoe's time cared little for what
God would want them to do.
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B. It shows that the people of Defoe's time asked for God's blessing
only when they knew that it would be granted.
O
C. It points out that the people of Defoe's time considered their
parents to be rulers of their families in the same way God rules the
church
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D. It suggests that people of Defoe's time were religious and usually
looked to God to help them make decisions.

answer; i believe the correct and best answer is (a crime motivated by prejudice); ///good luck

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”