In the opening scene of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1.1), Theseus and Lysander both refer to a “dowager”, a widow. Why does each character mention one? what does such a repetition suggest about the characters’ concerns? why might each character, given who they are and what the context of their speech is, use language that is more suggestive of the financial sphere than the romantic sphere?

Which historical detail can best clarify a reader’s understanding of the information in the excerpt? immigrant factory workers who spoke the same language were separated from each other at work. immigrant factory workers who spoke the same language were known to talk too much at work. immigrant factory workers had to pay rent for their chairs and the supplies they needed at work. immigrant factory workers were crowded into unsafe buildings with locked doors and fire escapes.

In a short paragraph of at least two hundred words, compare and contrast how miguel de cervantes’s use of figurative language differs from language use by ha jin. use at least two examples of textual evidence to support your answer.

Which type of characterization is used in the excerpt to reveal claire’s character traits? indirect, direct, both or neither