A “I reply that I don’t write children’s stories” ( Paragraph 1) B “And then last night I woke up — or rather was awakened without knowing what had roused me.” ( Paragraph 2) C “A voice in the echo-chamber of the subconscious?” ( Paragraph 3) D “I have no burglar bars, no gun under the pillow, but I have the same fears as people who do take these precautions” ( Paragraph 5) E “I learned that I was to be neither threatened nor spared.” ( Paragraph 7) F “I couldn’t find a position in which my mind would let go of my body — release me to sleep again. So I began to tell myself a story, a bedtime story.” ( Paragraph 8)

[v]ast numbers of our people are compelled to seek their livelihood by begging, robbing, stealing, cheating, flattering, suborning, forswearing, forging . . which satirical element is most dominant in the passage above?

Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.

Which two of these excerpts from homer’s odyssey depict the gods’ involvement in mortal affairs?