Why does the narrator compare the wait for her father to come home to “the same silence as before a storm

Iwas conscious that a moment's mutiny had already rendered me liable to strange penalties, and, like any other rebel slave, i felt resolved, in my desperation, to go all lengths." what is meant by the term resolved as it is used in this sentence? a) determined b) questioning c) uneasy d) unsure

What point was thomas paine trying to make by relating this antidote

Which of the following is an example of a periodical?