Is a principle of [matthew pocket's] that no man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner. he says, no varnish can hide the grain of the wood, and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point

What is the narrator's main conflict in this passage? a. he doesn't like someone mispronouncing his name. b. he has a history of beating up kids he doesn't like. c. he has a violent temper that he cannot control. d. he doesn't like "the kid" he mentions in the paragraph.

What is emphasized in william carlos williams's "landscape with the fall of icarus" but not n pieter brueghel's landscape with the fall of icarus? what conclusions can you draw about the similarities and differences between the themes of the two works?