What can the reader infer about rainsford and zaroff from their discussion of war? a. they were once enemies. b. both have killed other men. c. both are skilled in battle. d. to illustrate the theme that although humans are civilized, their violent urges still exist.

In this excerpt from "dover beach" by matthew arnold, which two lines or sets of lines suggest that the speaker has undergone a loss of faith? the sea of faith was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. but now i only hear its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, retreating, to the breath of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear and naked shingles of the world. ah, love, let us be true to one another! for the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams, so various, so beautiful, so new, hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude, nor peace, nor for pain; and we are here as on a darkling plain swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, where ignorant armies clash by night.

In the section the deciding pitch what is the narrators point of view on how th pitcher feels about the upcoming event

In the great gatsby, daisy is described as