Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3, of the tragedy of julius caesar. [brutus.] messala, i have here receivèd letters, that young octavius and mark antony come down upon us. . messala. myself have letters of the selfsame tenor. brutus. with what addition? messala. that by proscription and bills of outlawry, octavius, antony, and lepidus have put to death an hundred senators. brutus. therein our letters do not well agree. mine speak of seventy senators that died by their proscriptions, cicero being one. cassius. cicero one! messala. ay, cicero is dead, and by that order of proscription. what is the central idea of this excerpt? the impact of fate the extent of loyalty the ruthlessness of power the importance of compromise

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

Now pick a section from chapter 1 of the call of the wild in which buck is interacting with another character. imagine that section narrated in first person point of view from one of the character's perspective, and rewrite it in the space below, attempting to use a similar writing style as the original author. then, in a second paragraph, consider this: are you able to explore some of the same ideas and themes when viewing the situation from the character's first person point of view, as compared to when it is narrated from london's third-person limited point of view? explain. your response should be be about 150 words in total.

Why does the narrator come to the house of usher