Getting To The Supreme Court

PART A: Which of the following best identifies the central idea of the text?

A. Most people are educated on the workings of the Supreme Court because the expectations for the Court’s roles are clearly defined in The Constitution.

B. Supreme Court justices are incredibly powerful since they are appointed for life and rule on the country's most important cases.

C. The Supreme Court plays an important role in the country’s government because it takes cases that were never presented in court before.

D. For a very long time, Presidents chose Supreme Court nominees based only on their political views, but this has changed recently.

Read the excerpt from chapter 18 in frankenstein. alas! to me the idea of an immediate union with my elizabeth was one of horror and dismay. i was bound by a solemn promise which i had not yet fulfilled and dared not break, or if i did, what manifold miseries might not impend over me and my devoted family! could i enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground? i must perform my engagement and let the monster depart with his mate before i allowed myself to enjoy the delight of a union from which i expected peace. examine this excerpt to analyze the way the author’s choice of words adds to the meaning and impacts the tone of this portion of frankenstein. what does victor mean when he talks about “this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground”? how do these words affect the tone at this point in the story? use examples and evidence from the text to support your analysis. frankenstein chapter 18