Determining theme: which theme is best supported by the passage?
1. horatio: they bleed on both sides. how is it, my lord?
osric: how is it, laertes?
laertes: why, as a woodcock to mine own
springe, osric;
i am justly kill'd with mine own treachery.
- hamlet,
william shakespeare
2. the strongest will always prevail.
o perfect justice can never be achieved.
revenge is ultimately self-defeating.
there is dignity even in defeat.

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.

Hurry need it ! 35 points in achebe’s things fall apart, the igbo people live in a patriarchal society; accordingly, they worship several different gods all property and authority belong to men all business transactions are done by barter they live under the authority of a foreign ruler

How many lynching took place in the south between 1877 and 1950