This excerpt provides information about the Roman Empire. Which sentence in the excerpt speaks about the purpose of the text?

In this excerpt from "dover beach" by matthew arnold, which two lines or sets of lines suggest that the speaker has undergone a loss of faith? the sea of faith was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. but now i only hear its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, retreating, to the breath of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear and naked shingles of the world. ah, love, let us be true to one another! for the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams, so various, so beautiful, so new, hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude, nor peace, nor for pain; and we are here as on a darkling plain swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, where ignorant armies clash by night.

Assp - why is it important to participate in a global economy? write a paragraph of 2 to 3 sentences that explains your answer?

Give a simile of how u look or act. yes it can be you whoever is reading this (but if u wanna do me then im mostly shy and nervous at school)