Compare and contrast Oedipus and Hamlet. Who shows greater, if any, resilience? What are their respective hamartias and do they result in their undoing?

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.

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The "most dangerous game" is a short story about a hunter, rainsford, who ends up getting hunted himself on ship-trap island by another man. this passage is part of the story's exposition. what technique does the author use to foreshadow the plot twist which is to come? a) the humor that the men share at the beginning of the story changes into tragedy and horror in an ironic way. b) whitney's lack of empathy for the hunted foreshadows that he will have to learn how the hunted feels-- the hard way. c) whitney's inability to see the island, even though he is known to have great vision, foreshadows his blindness about hunting. d) rainsford's lack of empathy for the hunted foreshadows that he will have to learn how the hunted feels-- the hard way.