(Will mark if correct only) In The Raven, what most closely does the raven perching on the bust of Pallas
Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, symbolize in the following passage?
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door -
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

a) That the bird is also a figure from Greek mythology.

b) That the narrator is wealthy enough to have marble busts for furniture.

c) That nature powers over the strongest of human knowledge.

d) That the narrator was an antique collector.

How does gregor's appearance affect his mother? a. frightened, she faints. b. excited, she says she loves him. c. mournful, she begins to cry. d. frustrated, she yells at him.

Select the correct answers. read the prologue for act ll of william shakespeare's play romeo and juliet chorus: now old desire doth in his death-bed lie, and young affection gapes to be his heir, that fail for which love groan'd for and would die, with tender juliet match'd, is now not fair. now romeo is beloved and loves again, alike betwitched by the charm of looks, but to his foe supposed he must complain, and she steal love's sweet bait from fearful hooks: being held a foe, he may not have access to breathe such vows as lovers use to swear and she as much in love, her means much less to meet her new-beloved any where: but passion lends them power, time means, to meet tempering extremities with extreme sweet. in the previous act, romeo and juliet have fallen in love, even though their families despise one another. based on the excerpt, purposes of this prologue?

Which term describes an argument that has not her been prove ? a. text structure b. authors purpose c. claim d. counterargument