In this activity you will write a five-paragraph opinion essay that addresses the following topic: Europe in the 1400s and 1500s expected women to have traditional gender roles: dutiful daughter, wife, and mother. Did the Renaissance improve the lives of women or did it entrench women further into traditional gender roles

roses are red,

violets are black,

for what you said,

i hope you sit on a big fat tack.

answer: the prince warns the 2 families that if they get into another fight they will be put to death

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.