Read the following excerpt from leslie marmon silko’s story "the man to send rain clouds." leon knocked at the old carved door with its symbols of the lamb. while he waited he looked up at the twin bells from the king of spain with the last sunlight pouring around them in their tower. what does the image of the lamb above the priest’s door symbolize? the lamb symbolizes the traditions of the catholic church. the lamb symbolizes the sheep raised by the pueblo people. the lamb symbolizes the gentleness of the pueblo people. the lamb symbolizes the virtues valued in pueblo culture.

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 5, scene 5. brutus. why this, volumnius. the ghost of caesar hath appeared to me two several times by night—at sardis once, and this last night, here in philippi fields. i know my hour is come. volumnius. not so, my lord. brutus. nay, i am sure it is, volumnius. thou seest the world, volumnius, how it goes. our enemies have beat us to the pit, [low alarums] it is more worthy to leap in ourselves than tarry till they push us. which prediction about the plot does this passage most support? brutus will replace caesar. brutus will take his own life. brutus will surrender to his enemies. brutus will be forever haunted by caesar.

Why is emerson’s essay “self-reliance” a great example of transcendentalism?

Which statement is the most accurate summary of this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich?