Question

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umpelstiltskin.\ the king said to the miller, \that is an art which pleases me well. if your daughter is as clever as you say, bring her tomorrow to my palace, and i will try what she can do.\ and when the girl was brought to him, he took her into a room which was quite full of straw, gave her a spinning - wheel and a reel, and said,
ow set to work. if by tomorrow morning early, you have not spun this straw into gold, you must die.\ how do the kings words in the second paragraph of the passage reveal his personality? select all that apply rumpelstiltskin he is cruel, because he states that he will kill the millers daughter if she cannot spin gold. he is greedy, because he demands that the millers daughter spin gold for him. he is generous, because he gives the millers daughter a whole night to spin the gold instead of forcing her to work immediately. he is lazy, because he forces the millers daughter to spin gold instead of doing it himself.

Explanation:

The King threatens to kill the miller's daughter if she doesn't spin straw into gold, showing cruelty. Demanding gold - a valuable item - shows greed. Forcing her to do the work instead of doing it himself shows laziness. Giving her a night to work isn't a sign of generosity as the task is near - impossible and the consequence of failure is death.

Answer:

He is cruel, because he states that he will kill the miller's daughter if she cannot spin gold.
He is greedy, because he demands that the miller's daughter spin gold for him.
He is lazy, because he forces the miller's daughter to spin gold instead of doing it himself.