Now meet thy fate, incens'd belinda cry'd, and drew a deadly bodkin from her side. (the same, his ancient personage to deck, her great great grandsire wore about his neck, in three seal-rings; which after, melted down, form'd a vast buckle for his widow's gown: her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, the bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, which long she wore, and now belinda wears.) these lines gently mock the epic convention of the arming of the epic hero the ancestry of the warrior the genealogy of the weapon the posing of the epic question

June and sylvio speak to mr. teller in the driveway of their farmhouse. it is raining hard, and they all carry umbrellas. a dog sits on the steps of the house. june: we didn’t think you’d be coming back for the puppy. mr. teller: i said i would when i dropped the puppy off. sylvio: yes, but that was months ago. we thought you’d be back for the puppy in a couple days. now she’s a full-grown dog. we have raised her ourselves, we built her her own doghouse, and we love her. mr. teller: but she’s my dog. i only dropped her off at your house for safekeeping since i had to go out of town on business. now i’m back and i want my dog back. what is the setting of this play? a basket a farm a doghouse a trip

5. how might the statement, “the almighty has his own purposes” (line 39) relate to lincoln’s purpose in giving this speech?

Read this excerpt from mohandas gandhi's "banaras hindu university speech." what is the speaker's purpose a. to persuade his audience to struggle for self-governance through peaceful means b. to urge wealthy indians to act instead of merely talk about poverty c. to inform the audience that the british colonial power is stealing indian resources d. to persuade his audience to renounce materialistic wealth and pursue spiritual wealth