In shakespeare's the tempest the character caliban is the ruler of an island until the arrival of the sorcerer próspero. caliban is taught prospero's language, but he is also enslaved by him. in his great desire to escape prospero's rule, caliban seeks another master in stephano. he promises to pick berries, snare and trap animals, and show stephano "every fertile inch o' th' island"
which words below come closest to summarizing the two themes this scenario illustrates
a) betrayal and the difference between heroes and monsters
b) the desire to rule and fear of the supernatural
c) captivity and the natural world
d) colonization and the power of language

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee. —"sonnet 18," william shakespeare in one to two sentences, explain the central idea of the final couplet of the poem.

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a. to show where the shoes came from b. to show how valuable the shoes were c. to reveal why stanley was arrested d. to give background on the homeless shelter

Read the movie summary. two rival magicians compete for fame and success in edwardian london. when their bitter feud begins to escalate, they each resort to more and more dangerous tricks to try to outdo the other, ultimately placing the lives and sanity of those around them in jeopardy. based on this summary, the film is most likely a(n)