Read the excerpt from hamlet, act l, scene ii.
which is the best description of how gertrude is
characterized in this passage?
gertrude: good hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off,
and let thine eye look like a friend on denmark.
do not for ever with thy vailed lids
seek for thy noble father in the dust:
thou know'st'tis common: all that live must die
passing through nature to eternity
gertrude is oblivious to her son's grief and focuses on
her own happiness
gertrude is sympathetic of her son's obvious distress
and tries to comfort him.
gertrude is critical of her son's continued mourning and
urges him to move on.
gertrude is saddened by her son's unhappiness and
tries to distract him.
hamlet: ay, madam, it is common.
gertrude: if it be
why seems it so particular with thee?

Read the following passage: sari couldn't believe her bad luck. she had locked her keys in the car. to add fuel to the fire, her cell phone was in the locked car, and she was late for a very important meeting. she knocked on her neighbor's door so that she could ask to use his phone, but he was not not home. what was she to do? what role does the idiom in the passage serve? a. it shows that sari has incredibly bad luck when it comes to work.b. it shows that sari's neighbor was not home either.c. it shows that sari locked her keys in the car.d. it shows that sari's situation was worse than it seemed at first.

"in what ways does the struggle for freedom change with history? " provide one specific change that malala struggled for(only if you've read the book). think of how malala describes change and what motivated her to struggle for change. write at one complete paragraph with a minimum of 5 sentences.

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.