What is the meaning of the underlined words in this excerpt from act i, scene i, of richard iii?

richard iii (duke of gloucester): why, this it is, when men are ruled by women: 'tis not the king that sends you to the tower: my lady grey his wife, clarence, 'tis she that tempers him to this extremity. was it not she and that good man of worship, anthony woodville, her brother there, that made him send lord hastings to the tower, from whence this present day he is deliver'd? we are not safe, clarence; we are not safe. george plantagenet (duke of clarence): by heaven, i think there's no man is secure but the queen's kindred and night-walking heralds that trudge betwixt the king and mistress shore. heard ye not what an humble suppliant lord hastings was to her for his delivery?

the meaning of the word tempers is ?

the meaning of the word suppliant is ?

How does this comparison reinforce what powell is trying to say in this paragraph

Reading poetry to an audience is considered a form of a. vocal art. b. oral language. c. conversational skills. d. performance cues.

Read the following excerpt from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut: he tried to think a little about the ballerinas. they weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. they were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. george was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. but he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts. what message about the role of media is best supported in this excerpt? a. media are the reason george is able to watch ballet. b. media change people's values, making them more selfish. c. media tend to make audiences' worldviews the same. d. media can be used to distract audiences from the truth.