In the tragedy of macbeth, act ii, what does macbeth really mean when he indicates that the blood on his hands will redden all the seas? a. it is a comment on his profound guilt. b. lady macbeth will not be able to wash off the blood. c. it is a comment on his fear of being found out. d. he is afraid to wash the blood off his hands.

Why do you think both wiesel and solzhenitsyn speak of the importance of telling the truth?

Read the passage from chapter 17 of the prince. and of all princes, it is impossible for the new prince to avoid the imputation of cruelty, owing to new states being full of dangers. hence virgil, through the mouth of dido, excuses the inhumanity of her reign owing to its being new, saying: "res dura, et regni novitas me talia cogunt moliri, et late fines custode tueri."(*) nevertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable. . against my will, my fate a throne unsettled, and an infant state, bid me defend my realms with all my pow'rs, and guard with these severities my shores. what reasoning does machiavelli use in this passage? machiavelli uses deductive reasoning by first introducing the conclusion that new rulers must be cruel and then supporting it with evidence. machiavelli uses deductive reasoning by starting with statistical evidence and then concluding that rulers must be cruel. machiavelli uses inductive reasoning by first presenting an observed pattern of details and then concluding that new rulers must be cruel. machiavelli uses inductive reasoning by starting with the conclusion that new rulers must be cruel and then supporting it with short narratives.

The social problem in ireland swift addresses in "a modest proposal" is a. the government was failing b. too many irish living in poverty c. the rulers were being bribed d. the irish farmers were rich