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what effect did hawthorne's life have on "the scarlet letter"?

a
he took a very long time to write the book because he also worked in a custom house.
b
he based some of the characters in the book on himself and the people he knew.
c
he used a letter he found about his family's history as the basis for the story.
d
he was able to get his stories published easily because he knew other writers.

Read the excerpt from twelfth night, by william shakespeare. if music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase “dying fall” most likely mean in both excerpts? the noise is jarring. the noise is soothing. the sounds are fading. the sounds are too loud. mark this and return

Write a poem that's at least 10 lines long. : )

In 200 words, identify the theme of audre lorde's poem "hanging fire." support your answer with at least three examples (of your choosing) from the text.