What are central ideas in "The American Romantics v. the American Realists"? Select the two correct answers.

Westward expansion helped to inspire the American literary movement.

American romantic writers valued logic, while their British counterparts valued emotions and idealism.

Historical events had profound effects on American life but had little impact on culture or literature.

The three subcategories of romanticism all deal with freedom of expression and spotlighting feelings in some way.

since it is asking for her reaction to elnora's trouble at school you can rule out any answers with a positive response (b). then you can rule out (d), this is because it does not show the mother's reaction but the daughter's response. that leaves you with two options (a) and (c), by looking at the options you can rule out (c) because it isn't referring back to elnora's issues at school.

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.