Read the excerpt from "benin plaque: the oba with europeans":
whatever the real facts, the british, in ostensible revenge for the killing, organized a punitive expedition which raided benin city, exiled the oba and created the protectorate of southern nigeria.
based on the context clues, what is the meaning of the word punitive in the passage?
a. determined to find natural resources
b. intended to make peace
c. designed to inflict punishment
d. planned by world leaders
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English, 21.06.2019 20:30
Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! β the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.
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English, 21.06.2019 22:00
Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.
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English, 22.06.2019 00:30
In hard times by charles dickens, the scene in which the characters discuss the depiction of horses on wallpaper and flowers on carpets is the authorβs way of showing the absurdity of
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Read the excerpt from "benin plaque: the oba with europeans":
whatever the real facts,...
whatever the real facts,...
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