Read the excerpt from "the yellow wallpaper."
i wonder how it was done and who did it, and what they did it for. round and round and round—round and round and round—it makes me dizzy!
i really have discovered something at last.
through watching so much at night, when it changes so, i have finally found out.
the front pattern does move—and no wonder! the woman behind shakes it!
sometimes i think there are a great many women behind, and sometimes only one, and she crawls around fast, and her crawling shakes it all over.
then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady spots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard.
and she is all the time trying to climb through.
which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of gilman’s time?
the fact that the pattern moves contributes to the idea that the narrator’s husband is tyrannical.
the fact that the pattern moves creates a sense of mystery and suspense, since the source of the moving is unknown.
the image of the woman trying to escape suggests that supernatural forces are present in the narrator’s room.
the image of the woman trying to escape contributes to the idea that the narrator feels trapped and unable to control her fate.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is abcb abab abba aabc

What argument does thomas jefferson make in this excerpt from the declaration of independence? we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.-that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. a. b. c. the american colonists desire a more peaceful alliance with great britain but their british counterparts do not. the american colonists have a right to seek freedom from great britain due to the continued oppression of their basic rights. the american colonies could form a better government than the one established by great britain to govern them. the king of britain and the members of british parliament have little interest in the welfare of the colonies. od. e. the american colonies should have sufficient representation in british parliament if america and great britain are to coexist peacefully.

Which type of character best describes odysseus ?