From our text nectar in a sieve: " in my hand a small stone lingam, symbol of fertility." why did rukmani's mother give her a stone lingam? rukmani is believed to no longer be fertile and the lingam objectifies the ability to have children. the lingam is a medical herb that will rukmani's morning sickness. rukmani's mother loves lingam and finds it to be very beautiful.

Read this description of a detail from the movie i am legend. a scientist is the last man alive in a post-apocalyptic new york, where zombies have taken over and destroyed most of the population. about ten minutes into the film, the man thinks back to how the zombie creatures came to be, and how at one point he had a wife and child. which type of suspense technique did the screenwriter use? dramatic irony flashback foreshadowing special effects

When doing a close reading, what is involved in the process of annotating a text?

Ill she not be here anon? is she not hurrying to upbraid me for my haste? have i not heard her footstep on the stair? do i not distinguish that heavy and horrible beating of her heart? what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt? it emphasizes usher’s misunderstanding. it emphasizes usher’s love for his sister. it emphasizes usher’s psychological fixation. it emphasizes usher’s melancholy nature.