We have reached the final chapters of our required, ancillary text, Being Mortal. How was your reading affected by the book’s final scene, as Dr. Gawande fulfills his father’s wishes? How do tradition and spirituality influence your concept of what it means to be mortal? How would you evaluate Dr. Gawande? Do you think he had a long learning curve? Do you identify with his initial attitude toward the elderly and dying? Have you changed your thinking about end-stage illness, old age, and other catastrophic conditions? Will you take any actions based on what you have read and discussed here?

Which of the following is a secondary source? o a biography of a playwright ob. historic photograph o c. antique weapon od. census data and statistics

Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.

What is most likely nelson mandela's purpose of using third person point of view after introducing himself in his introductory paragraphs