(the book its referring to is "the alchemist") how does the crystal merchant influence the boy’s actions? a)the crystal merchant shows the boy the soul of the world, revealing that the crystal shop was the boy's prize all along. b) the crystal merchant allowed his opportunity to pass him by, teaching santiago that you only have one chance to realize your destiny. c) by sharing his story and his regrets, the crystal merchant teaches the boy that some people would rather fantasize about their dreams than live them. d) by revealing his own failures, the crystal merchant teaches santiago that dreams can be dangerous, prompting santiago to stay and give up his dream.

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

I’ve given a lot of thought to what one of them should be, and the answer seems clear.

The last part of the beowulf excerpt recounts how grendel flees into the darkness after suffering a fatal would from beowulf. what part of freytags pyramid best fits this section of the story