In "my father is a simple man," what do the lines "and when the bitter-hard reality / comes at me like a punishing / evil stranger" contain? a. a rhyming couplet b. a simile c. a metaphor d. an allusion

The author attributes papa's unforgivable behavior to which of the following? a. the painful memories connected with his 9-month ordeal in south dakota b. papa's increasing addiction to alcohol c. papa's unfulfilled need to be in charge of something and/or someone d. mama's emotional distance from papa

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.

Who are the antagonists in the story "ali baba and the 40 thieves", and are they're bad guys?