TSI Reading: Describing the Character of Captain Ahab
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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
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do not want to run into him in the back
alley somewhere pretty much anywhere Well they have must be
tough and stubborn to the max if people are thrown
around phrases like he used to describe him right Willful
people do things their own way and unser endurable tells
us that a tab doesn't take no for an answer
especially if it means past assault Someone with overbearing dignity
would have so much pride that it could affect others
and something made of solid bronze with likely be heavy
and immovable All the more irony because he only has
one leg In other words a have sounds like the
right guy to have her hundred parties or not so
he's stubborn it's a and the loser bald area while
a proud stubborn man may be easily pushed towards vengeance
while the phrase is don't directly note someone seeking revenge
least not wait till you get the part with someone
who refuses to surrender isn't weak And though eh abbe
may sound like a difficult guy we can call him
corrupt or dishonest that's nowhere in the passage here so
that's it he's stubborn man Just get out of his 00:01:24.689 --> [endTime] way Yeah