How does the theme "it is necessary to take risks" from Blanca Flor by Angel Vigil connect to a purpose of telling a folktale? The theme explores the use of magic and how it changes the course of someone's life and alters the course of history. The theme explores the common experiences of hope and fear. It encourages people to overcome their fears and to take risks, because doing so can lead to positive results. The theme explores how Juanito and Blanca Flor escape from Don Ricardo and get back to Juanito's home. This is a common human behavior. The theme teaches that leaving one's home to seek a fortune is usually a bad idea. This is a lesson that is often related in folktales.

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]