Read the selection below from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and answer the question that follows. The emperor of Blefuscu, having taken three days to consult, returned an answer consisting of many civilities and
excuses. He said that, as for sending me bound, although I had deprived him of his fleet, yet he owed great
obligations to me for many good offices I had done him in making peace.
The passage above describes an interaction between Gulliver and the emperor of Blefuscu. Which of the
following excerpts indicates that the emperor of Blefuscu has recognized the needs and feelings of Gulliver?
I. "The emperor of Blefuscu”
II. "returned an answer consisting of many civilities and excuses
III. "he owed great obligations to me for many good offices I had done him"

What does bittman’s style and language tell you about him?

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

Which three elements of gothic literature clearly mirror the situation of women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? strange characters and settings an overall atmosphere of mystery and suspense unexplained or supernatural events characters’ inability to control their fates high emotions experienced by characters suffering from a sense of doom women threatened by powerful males