Based on the context of this excerpt from w. w. jacobs's "the monkey's paw," what does the word placidly mean?
without the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of laburnam villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly, 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.
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completing a task in a frantic manner
having a particular motive for an action
appearing to be calm and relaxed
acting harshly or stubbornly
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Nature is a recurring theme in early american literature. what view of nature does phillis wheatley provide in "an hymn to the evening"

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.

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