Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. –The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce

How does Bierce's definition of a cynic relate to naturalism?

Naturalism focuses on corrupt and immoral characters such as blackguards.
Naturalism is based on the belief that people are inherently evil.
Naturalism reveals things as they are, rather than as one would prefer to see them.
Naturalism reveals things as they should be, even if that vision is perceived as faulty.

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

What is the purpose of freewriting during the research process? to develop ideas for poems to create a journal to submit with a research paper to brainstorm initial ideas for a topic to extend the research process time line o

Which work would represent a change to the artistic medium of this original work?