Read the following paragraphs carefully to see if they create a mood. "cory! cory! " marcus kept shouting my name as he ran into the house. "what's wrong marcus? " i asked. "he's alive, cory! he's alive! mom just heard dad's alive. they've found him." "oh, marcus, i am so happy! i never thought we'd see him again," i said. marcus and i jumped gleefully around the room. we could not contain the laughter as we rejoiced together in the wonderful news that our dad was alive. what kind of mood do the paragraphs above create? type an answer explaining what kind of mood is created. use at least one example from the paragraph to demonstrate the mood. if no mood is created, type no mood is created. fast

How does gregor change from the beginning to the end of the story?

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.

Using the library or the internet as a resource, locate and watch two different live production interpretations of act iii of our town. then, compare and contrast how the two interpretations represented the original play. did either of the interpretations make any changes to the original material? if so, how did it affect your experience as a viewer? did you interpret the characters any differently after watching the live productions? why or why not?