Androcles adapted from aesop’s fables scene 1: (backdrop—forest. enter androcles looking over his shoulder) androcles: (speaking to himself) i’ve just escaped from my master. i need to find a place to hide. (as he searches for a place to hide, he sees a lion moaning in pain. he turns to run but changes his mind.) oh! you poor thing. (he looks at the lion’s paw, which is swollen and bleeding. he finds a large thorn, which is the cause of the pain, pulls it out, and binds the paw. the lion rises and licks androcles's hand. the lion leads him to a cave stage right.) androcles: (speaking to the audience) the lion brought me meat to live on for the next few days until we were captured. (curtain) scene 2: (backdrop—arena. the emperor enters stage right downstage and moves to stage left upstage. androcles is surrounded by guards who enter from stage right upstage. androcles moves to center stage. his head is bowed.) emperor: the slave shall be thrown to the lion as punishment. ensure that the lion has a good appetite. (the emperor and the members of court are gathered stage left upstage. androcles is center stage. the lion charges in from stage right downstage. androcles steps back. the lion recognizes androcles and begins to lick his hand.) emporer: (surprised) what is this? guards! i wish to speak with him. (speaking to androcles) how did you do that? are you a sorcerer? androcles: (bowing to the emperor) when i escaped and ran into the forest, i found him with a large thorn. it caused him much pain. i took it out, and he has been grateful since then. emporer: (impressed) very well! you are pardoned and the lion shall be released into the wild. (curtain)

what is the theme of the passage?
a.
don’t despise what you don’t have.
b.
familiarity may breed contempt.
c.
always treasure your freedom.
d.
kindness is always rewarded.

What is emphasized in william carlos williams’s “landscape with the fall of icarus” but not in pieter brueghel’s landscape with the fall of icarus? what conclusions can you draw about the similarities and differences between the themes of the work? english 9 - 3.3.9 practice - apex learning

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Excerpt from 100% - the story of a patriot upton sinclair 10 so peter walked along, with his belt drawn tight, and his restless blue eyes wandering here and there, looking for a place to get a meal. there were jobs to be had, but they were hard jobs, and peter wanted an easy one. there are people in this world who live by their muscles, and others who live by their wits; peter belonged to the latter class; and had missed many a meal rather than descend in the social scale. 11 peter looked into the faces of everyone he passed, searching for a possible opening. some returned his glance, but never for more than a second, for they saw an insignificant looking man, undersized, undernourished, and with one shoulder higher than the other, a weak chin and mouth, crooked teeth, and a brown moustache too feeble to hold itself up at the corners. peters' straw hat had many straws missing, his second-hand brown suit was become third-hand, and his shoes were turning over at the sides. in a city where everybody was "hustling," everybody, as they phrased it, "on the make," why should anyone take a second glance at peter gudge? why should anyone care about the restless soul hidden inside him, or dream that peter was, in his own obscure way, a sort of genius? no one did care; no one did dream. 12 it was about two o'clock of an afternoon in july, and the sun beat down upon the streets of american city. there were crowds upon the streets, and peter noticed that everywhere were flags and bunting. once or twice he heard the strains of distant music, and wondered what was "up." peter had not been reading the newspapers; all his attention bad been taken up by the quarrels of the smithers faction and the lunk faction in the first apostolic church, otherwise known as the holy rollers, and great events that had been happening in the world outside were of no concern to him. peter knew vaguely that on the other side of the world half a dozen mighty nations were locked together in a grip of death; the whole earth was shaken with their struggles, and peter had felt a bit of the trembling now and then. but peter did not know that his own country had anything to do with this european quarrel, and did not know that certain great interests throughout the country had set themselves to rouse the public to action. based on the author's characterization of peter in paragraphs 10, 11, and 12, which word best describes him? a) industrious b) loyal c) patriotic d) poor