Will give 25 points Prompt Choice 2 (Informational Response)
Review the excerpt above. Answer the following question in a well-developed paragraph.
What character traits does Tom demonstrate when he is lost in the woods?
**Be sure to re-state the question in your topic sentence and use specific examples and details from the story to support your answers
before submitting.

(Look at picture for the story, you may have to zoom in!)

the servant does not kill the child oedipus as he was ordered to do because "he pitied the child" based on the oedipus rex story. the servant was ordered to kill the child because of the prophecy that predicted king laius' death. the king already had attempted to hurt oedipus by piercing oedipus's ankle. however, the servant did not finish the job and he rather saved the baby oedipus.

explanation:

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.

b. the colonies must seek protection from other nations.