Read the following story conclusion: After the dragon was slain, Sir Leofrick returned to a celebration in the village. Never again were the villagers threatened. But they did find that something had crept in while Leofrick was away, a curiosity about the outside world, a desire for adventure, and every so often they would ask him about his time outside the village. "There's a big world out there," he would tell them. "You should go exploring." Based on the story's structure, which of the following would be the most logical introduction to this story? O A. Teams of dragons have been at war as long as anyone can remember.
O B. Sir Leofrick receives a vision of a dragon terrorizing a town in a dream.
O C. The children in the village cannot seem to get along with one another.
O D. In a magical village, nobody can remember anybody going outside the town's walls.

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli which words in the passage have negative connotations?inhuman, cruelty, rebelled how do the words with negative connotations support the claim?by defining the actions of a leader who is to be feared