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TSI Reading: Describing the Character of Captain Ahab 12 Views
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Description:
The reader can tell from phrases like "unsurrenderable willfulness," "overbearing dignity," and "made of solid bronze" that Captain Ahab is
(A)stubborn
(B)vengeful
(C)weak
(D)corrupt
Transcript
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Yeah Okay see reading trumpers two of five coming up
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here on the have dot com reading all about him
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The reader comptel from phrases like unsub aranda rubble willfulness
- 00:14
overbearing dignity and made of solid bronze that captain ahab
- 00:19
is S so let's think about this tough guy you
Full Transcript
- 00:25
do not want to run into him in the back
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alley somewhere pretty much anywhere Well they have must be
- 00:29
tough and stubborn to the max if people are thrown
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around phrases like he used to describe him right Willful
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people do things their own way and unser endurable tells
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us that a tab doesn't take no for an answer
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especially if it means past assault Someone with overbearing dignity
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would have so much pride that it could affect others
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and something made of solid bronze with likely be heavy
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and immovable All the more irony because he only has
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one leg In other words a have sounds like the
- 00:56
right guy to have her hundred parties or not so
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he's stubborn it's a and the loser bald area while
- 01:03
a proud stubborn man may be easily pushed towards vengeance
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while the phrase is don't directly note someone seeking revenge
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least not wait till you get the part with someone
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who refuses to surrender isn't weak And though eh abbe
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may sound like a difficult guy we can call him
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corrupt or dishonest that's nowhere in the passage here so
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that's it he's stubborn man Just get out of his 00:01:24.689 --> [endTime] way Yeah
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