“the best lack all conviction, while the worst / are full of passionate intensity” (lines 7–8) of the poem “the second coming” is a criticism of people who — a. remain neutral in times of crisis c. feel things too passionately b. have good intentions but no passion d. know how to get what they want

Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)

What is the effect of describing polyneices as a "wild eagle screaming insults above our land"? question 5 options: we understand that polyneices was wild and fierce in battle. we understand that polyneices deserves to remain unburied due to his inappropriate behavior. we understand that polyneices single-handedly won the battle. we understand that polyneices is ruled by a half-human, half-bird goddess.

Why does hillenbrand include both the triumphs of louie and the ominous background on japan in the same chapter