Use context clues to determine the meaning of grub stake as it is used in paragraph 5 of “Call of the Klondike.” Write the definition of the word. Then provide
evidence from the paragraph to support your definition of the term and state
whether the word is being used correctly in the excerpt. Consult a print or an online
dictionary to find the pronunciation of the word and to verify its part of speech and
definition. Examine how the use of “grub stake" has changed over time. Does it
have the same meaning now that it had during the time of the Klondike Gold Rush?
If not, how might it be used today?

ismene wants to follow the rules, unlike antigone who'd rather break them for her brother.

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

the conclusion would be the most affected category scoring