Consider these themes from gilgamesh: a new english version. good leaders motivate through compelling speech. soldiers must persevere through challenging trials. which statement best describes how these themes interact in the tale? humbaba delivers a threatening speech to gilgamesh, explaining how he plans to kill him. gilgamesh encourages enkidu to continue, and enkidu faces many tests of courage. both gilgamesh and enkidu convincingly urge each other to endure through hardship. both gilgamesh and enkidu hear humbaba's pleas for mercy, but they choose to slay him.

What effect is created by the plaque posted on the gate at the entrance to the family's home in nadine gordimer's "once upon a time"? the words written on the plaque offer readers a foreshadowing of the story's outcome without revealing the actual conclusion, the author's use of flashback allows readers to understand what is at the heart of the issues of encroachment in the suburban neighborhood the repetition of the words written on the plaque presents an oxymoron because readers already sense that the plaque has been ineffective in warding off intruders. the author introduces a paradox in which readers are presented with a warning notice when no actual infraction has taken place.

What favorite memory did the giver share with jonas? in the giver.

Which two shifts occur at the end of franz kafkas the metamorphosis