Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates— manure of mules and cows, piled there until field hands could spread it on the king's estate. abandoned there, and half destroyed with flies, old argus lay. what functions as a symbol in this excerpt? a. a mule b. the king c. odysseus d. argus

How does gatsby smile at nick? why is this important?

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used

What is the definition of alliteration