Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "this will be worse than the windmills,” said sancho. “look, senor; those are friars of st. benedict, and the coach plainly belongs to some travellers: i tell you to mind well what you are about and don’t let the devil mislead you.” “i have told thee already, sancho,” replied don quixote, “that on the subject of adventures thou knowest little. what i say is the truth, as thou shalt see presently." which theme from don quixote is present in this excerpt? reality vs. fantasy tradition vs. change knowledge and books chivalry and courtly love

A) reality vs. fantasy.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "Don Quixote" by Cervantes, we can see developed the theme of fantasy vs. reality. Don Quixote sees the friars of St. Benedict as evil magicians that he has to fight to save a damsel. This is not the reality, but as much as Sancho tries to convince him, Don Quixote is decided to fight them (we see a lot of similar situations through the story). So the correct answer is option A.

arah orne jewett first published "a white heron" in her 1886 collection, "a white heron and other stories." this short story tells the tale of what happens when sylvia, a 9-year-old girl living deep in the forest with her grandmother, meets a young hunter looking to capture, and kill, the white heron living in sylvia's woods. the climax occurs when sylvia must decide whether to him or protect the bird.

rising action

leading up to the climax of the story, the nameless young hunter befriends sylvia and her grandmother, mrs. tilly. he explains to mrs. tilly that he is bent on "stuffing and preserving" a little white heron that he believes lives near their cottage. mrs. tilly offers up that "[t]here ain't a foot o' ground" that sylvia doesn't know and suggests that she may be able to him find the bird.

climax

after following, but not really , the young hunter on his search for the heron, sylvia slips out of bed alone in the middle of the night to find the heron for herself. perched at the top of a gigantic pine tree, sylvia spots the heron, and its nest, in a dead hemlock tree across the way. the following morning she returns home to find her grandmother and the hunter waiting for her at the door. in the moment when she plans to tell the hunter where to find the heron, she suddenly decides to protect the heron and remain silent; even the promise of much needed money does not sway her.

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