SCENE Union House Saloon, 1875. The Saloon.
ne of the more
d
strart
elve miles to the
McGinty
McGinty, wearing a very expensive suit, gold chain of office, and
diamond tie-pin, is reading aloud from a newspaper to the
Willaby Brothers, Scanlan, and Baldwin.
"Reign of Terror in the Coal and Iron District. (Looking up]
That's how he heads it. (Resuming reading) "Twelve years have
now elapsed since the first assassinations which proved the
existence of a criminal organization in our midst.'
They've got proof of nothing!
The editor has more to say. Resuming reading] "From that day
on, these outrages have never ceased, until now they have
reached a pitch that makes us the opprobrium* of the civilized
world.
goes out again
Baldwin
McGinty
we offer you
Art Willaby
Does he name names, Councillor McGinty?
of a hurry
* opprobrium - disgrace or shame
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UNIVERSITY

tree and the cat in the tree

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.

the answer would be b.