Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
i, like an usurp'd town, to another due, labour to admit you, but o, to no end. (lines 5–6) why is the speaker unable to allow god into the town?
a. he does not really want god there.
b. he knows that god does not really love him.
c. he is not strong enough to do it on his own.
d. he has never asked for god’s before.

Will give choose the best answer for the question. review the detail: in “boy flying,” the speaker describes the river as being “ like the silver track / left by the snail.” which best identifies and interprets the meaning of the figurative language in this line? a: it’s a simile; the river runs in a sleek, thin line along the ground. b: it’s a hyperbole; the river is slimy c: it’s a metaphor; the river is tiny. d: it’s personification; the river smells like snails

13 points : ) which two aspects of scrooge's character does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal? "i wish to be left alone," said scrooge. "since you ask me what i wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. i don’t make merry myself at christmas and i can't afford to make idle people merry. i to support the establishments i have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "many can’t go there; and many would rather die." "if they would rather die," said scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. besides—excuse me—i don't know that." "but you might know it," observed the gentleman. his stingy attitude and conduct his distrust of government institutions his indifference to others' suffering his support for the community

Which phrase refers to the contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen? situational ironydramatic ironyverbal ironyconflict and resolution