What does the image of "and groaning underneath this age's
yoke" suggest about the meaning of the passage? (a yoke is
a wooden harness, or collar, put around the neck of a horse
or oxen that is pulling a plough)
read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 2
cassius. 'tis just
and it is very much lamented, brutus,
that you have no such mirrors as will turn
your hidden worthiness into your eye,
that you might see your shadow. i have heard
where many of the best respect in rome-
except immortal caesar-speaking of brutus,
and groaning underneath this age's yoke,
have wished that noble brutus had his eyes.
brutus has been unnecessarily choking himself.
it is cruel to restrain people as if they were animals
brutus has been praising the people of rome
people are suffering under the current leadership

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile