Read this excerpt from Howard Pyle's "The Water of Life." What aspect shows that the king is a foil to the faithful servant? So the princess told the king what the wise bird had bidden her to say, and the king went straightway to the faithful servant.
"You must let me have your armlet," said he.
"Alas, master," said the faithful servant, "that is a woeful thing for me, for the armlet is too tight to take off."
"So!" says the king, "that is a great pity, but the princess will not have me without the armlet."
"Then you shall have it," says the faithful servant; but the king had to pull it off, injuring the faithful servant, for he could not do it himself.
But, bless your heart! The armlet was ever so much too large for the king to wear. Nevertheless, he tied it to his wrist with a bit of ribbon, and off he marched to the princess's castle.

A.
The wise bird, who is kind to the faithful servant, is unkind to the king.
B.
The king injures the faithful servant while he is taking the armlet from him.
C.
The faithful servant allows the king to take the armlet away from him.
D.
The armlet, which was tight on the faithful servant, is loose on the king.
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Which best defines a literary stereotype and its purpose in literary? a- a literary stereotype is a term used interchangeably with prejudice.b- a literary stereotypes creates conflict and contrast how a character may seem with who a character really is. c- a literary stereotypes has no purpose in literary in literary expect to reveal prejudice and express the views of an antagonist. d- a literary stereotype is a way for the writer to indicate whether a character is good or evil, a protagonist or an antagonist.

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich: her attitude towards him and his diseases is still the same. just as the doctor had adopted a certain relation to his patient which he could not abandon, so had she formed one towards him—that he was not doing something he ought to do and was himself to blame, and that she reproached him lovingly for this—and she could not now change that attitude. "you see he doesn't listen to me and doesn't take his medicine at the proper time. and above all he lies in a position that is no doubt bad for him—with his legs up." she described how he made gerasim hold his legs up. the doctor smiled with a contemptuous affability that said: "what's to be done? these sick people do have foolish fancies of that kind, but we must forgive them. . " they all rose, said good-night, and went away. when they had gone it seemed to ivan ilyich that he felt better; the falsity had gone with them. but the pain remained—that same pain and that same fear that made everything monotonously alike, nothing harder and nothing easier. everything was worse. again minute followed minute and hour followed hour. everything remained the same and there was no cessation. and the inevitable end of it all became more and more terrible. based on the excerpt, how is praskovya fedorovna a character foil to ivan ilyich? a. she is kind and takes care of ivan, which is why he feels guilty about how he treated her for most of their married life. b. she is vindictive toward ivan while pretending to be worried about him, thus reminding him of how his family has never forgiven him. c. she plays the part of the worried wife without any real feeling, symbolizing the false propriety ivan upheld but now hates. d. she is young, healthy, and beautiful—everything ivan can never be again and wishes he could return to. reset next

How is theme of loneliness developed in chapter 4? thinking about the characters lennie,crooks,candy,and curley's wife