Read the excerpt from the little foxes. regina. (to ben) horace would like to talk to you now. horace. horace would not like to talk to you now. i am very tired, regina— regina. (comes to him) . you’ve said we’ll try our best with each other. i’ll try. really, i will. do this for me now. you will see what i’ve done while you’ve been away. how i watched your interests. (laughs gaily) and i’ve done very well too. but things can’t be delayed any longer. everything must be settled this week— (horace sits down. ben enters. oscar has stayed in the dining room, his head turned to watch them. leo is pretending to read the newspaper) now you must tell horace all about it. only be quick because he is very tired and must go to bed. (horace is looking up at her. his face hardens as she speaks) but i think your news will be better for him than all the medicine in the world. ben. (looking at horace) it could wait. horace may not feel like talking today. regina. what an old faker you are! you know it can’t wait. you know it must be finished this week. you’ve been just as anxious for horace to get here as i’ve been. what does this excerpt emphasize about the character of regina? a. her dismissive attitude toward her husband b. her anger toward her husband about his past decisions c. her desire to be a traditional wife for her husband d. her innate belief that she is inferior to her husband

{asap} select the correct text in the passage. which line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling, adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather, and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich. i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. lines highlighted: - there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling, - they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather - i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, - i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing.

Need answer asap plz! in “ode to the west wind,” which image best expresses the speaker’s hopes for the west wind? a. “scatter, as from an extinguished hearth / ashes and sparks . .” b. “make me thy lyre, even as the forest is . .” c. “. . he lay, / lulled by the coil of his crystalline streams . .” d. “if i were a dead leaf thou mightest bear . .”

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