Correct the following sentences for wordiness:

Being as she is a talented artist, Jane is an expert at using oils.
Ben had just entered the classroom, and that was when he was told that his project did not qualify for the science fair.
Cat sailed down the river swiftly and quickly.
Create one correctly structured sentence demonstrating parallelism.
Create one sentence in passive voice; rewrite it as an active voice sentence.

In comparing "minerva and arachne" and "niobe," can you establish a common theme running throughout both texts? how do you think this theme might change if the stories were written in first-person point of view? write a journal entry explaining the theme of both "minerva and arachne" and "nirobe." then, consider how the theme might change if the tales were written using a first-person point of view. use examples and evidence from both texts to support your analysis.