What is the common noun for Melissa?

The messenger says that the play the audience is about to see teaches that (mark all that apply.): life is transitory pleasure and jollity are no in the grave strength and pleasure are when man "lieth in clay" everyman will be called to a reckoning of his life this is a comic play

Based on the context of each quote from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs, find the word that most closely matches thedenotation of the bolded word

Why are reading and writing necessary in today’s world