But, on the other hand, they connect diagonally, and the
sprawling outlines run off in great slanting waves of optic
horror, like a lot of wallowing seaweeds in full chase.
which tone does the underlined phrase suggest?

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion

Which passage from the story best shows how the mothers attitude toward gregor has changed

Highlight descriptive details. the air was motionless. the dust lay still. only the horseflies stirred, continuing to bite at our legs, but nobody even attempted to swat them away. —iqbal, francesco d’adamo what inferences can be made about the setting, based on the descriptive details in the passage? check all that apply. the setting is unpleasant. the setting is appealing. the setting has very little movement. the setting has insects. the setting is somewhere cold. the setting is a stable.