Had the queen of sheba lived in a flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out ( Analyse the clause) .... plz help me
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The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
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Why does O. Henry describe Della as prettier than the Queen of Sheba?
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WILLIAM DELANEY eNotes educator | CERTIFIED EDUCATOR
O. Henry does not actually say that Della is prettier than the Queen of Sheba; he only says that Della's hair would have been envied by the Queen of Sheba.
Had the Queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gifts.
This is the wildest kind of hyperbole. Imagine the Queen of Sheba living across the airshaft from Jim and Della's $8-a-week-apartment!
The Queen gave King Solomon 120 talents of gold. But he already had an income of 666 talents of gold per year, as stated in the Bible (King James Version):
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold.
A talent was an ancient unit of weight and value in Rome, Greece and the Middle East. One talent weighed approximately seventy-five pounds, meaning the Queen of Sheba presented King Solomon with about nine thousand pounds of gold. That is 144,000 ounces. The current price of gold is around $1300 per ounce.
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queen of seba lived in the flat near the della's house across the passage the situation in this line means that della had a long hair