Directions: Identify how the setting is used symbolically in The Scarlet Letter excerpts and "The Fall of the House of Usher", and explain how the setting as a symbol is used in each piece with 1 piece of textual evidence from each text to support your claim. Make sure that you properly incorporate quotes and explain their significance to your argument. Your response must be a minimum of 250 words in length, contain 2 total pieces of textual evidence, contain correct punctuation and grammar, and must clearly identify and discuss one symbol.

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In 150 words, explain what northup (in twelve years a slave) could have done to prevent being kidnapped by hamilton and brown.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir