Can anyone describe the past progressive and present progressive?

Click to review the online content. then answer the question(s) below, using complete sentences. scroll down to view additional questions. site 1: "schools of literary theory" site 2: "the tell-tale heart" by edgar allan poe according to plato, how does one judge the value of a piece of art? (site 1)

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

Based on how the stage directions are used in this excerpt from act 1 scene 1 of richard iii what was likely the main purpose of providing stage directions in drama