Three little vessels—the susan constant, the godspeed, and the discovery—left england in december, 1606, under the command of captain christopher newport, to found a colony on the distant shores of virginia. two decades earlier sir walter raleigh had sent out a group of settlers to what is now north carolina, and they had disappeared mysteriously. what had happened to them? men asked. had they been killed by the indians? had they fallen victims to disease? had they starved? those who shared in this new venture must have wondered if a like fate awaited them in this strange new land.

but their spirits rose when they entered chesapeake bay. landing parties were delighted with the "fair meddowes full of flowers of divers kinds and colors," the "goodly tall trees," and the streams of fresh water. it was a smiling country which seemed to bid them welcome. but when they entered the mouth of a broad river, which they called the james in honor of their king, and made their way up into the country, new doubts must have assailed them. they knew that savages lived in the dense forests which lined both banks; might not strange wild beasts live there also? might there not be fatal diseases unknown in europe?

what is the main point of the second paragraph of the "give me liberty" excerpt?

despite a cheerful landing, worries were high.
spirits were high upon landing.
the settlers chose to honor their king.
the land had much to offer the settlers.

Ead the passage from "marriage is a private affair” by chinua achebe. "i shall never see her,” was the reply. from that night the father scarcely spoke to his son. he did not, however, cease hoping that he would realize how serious was the danger he was heading for. day and night he put him in his prayers. nnaemeka, for his own part, was very deeply affected by his father’s grief. but he kept hoping that it would pass away. if it had occurred to him that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue, he might have been less optimistic. "it has never been heard,” was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later. in that short sentence he spoke for all of his people. this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke when news went round about his son’s behaviour. by that time the son had gone back to lagos. "it has never been heard,” said the old man again with a sad shake of his head. "what did our lord say? ” asked another gentleman. "sons shall rise against their fathers; it is there in the holy book.” "it is the beginning of the end,” said another. how does this passage reinforce the traditional social hierarchy? the older men in the village tell okeke that he should respect nnaemeka’s decision. the older men in the village console nnaemeka about okeke’s attitude toward his choices. the older men in the village commiserate with okeke regarding nnaemeka’s decision to disobey him. the older men in the village think that nnaemeka should be optimistic that okeke will accept his decision.

Hamlet: ] it will but skin and film the ulcerous place, whiles rank corruption, mining all within, infects unseen. confess yourself to heaven; repent what’s past; avoid what is to come; and do not spread the compost on the weeds to make them ranker. —hamlet, william shakespeare what is the central motif in the passage? the passage of time madness disease and decay gardening

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