The following excerpt from anton chekhov's the proposal is a monologue. which two statements can best to distinguish this excerpt as a monologue?
lomov: it's cold . . i'm trembling all over, just as if i'd got an examination before me. the great thing is, i must have my mind made up. if i give myself time to think, to hesitate, to talk a lot, to look for an ideal, or for real love, then i'll never get married. . brr! . it's cold! natalya stepanovna is an excellent housekeeper, not bad-looking, well-educated. . what more do i want? but i'm getting a noise in my ears from excitement. [drinks] and it's impossible for me not to marry. . in the first place, i'm already 35—a critical age, so to speak. in the second place, i ought to lead a quiet and regular life. . i suffer from palpitations, i'm excitable and always getting awfully upset. . at this very moment my lips are trembling, and there's a twitch in my right eyebrow. . but the very worst of all is the way i sleep. i no sooner get into bed and begin to go off when suddenly something in my left side—gives a pull, and i can feel it in my shoulder and head. . i jump up like a lunatic, walk about a bit, and lie down again, but as soon as i begin to get off to sleep there's another pull! and this may happen twenty times. .

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.

What is the author's purpose in both patrick henry's speech and thomas paines common sense

Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll. "you might make a joke on that,” said the little voice close to her ear: "something about ‘you would if you could,’ you know.” "don't tease so,” said alice, looking about in vain to see where the voice came from; "if you're so anxious to have a joke made, why don't you make one yourself? ” the little voice sighed deeply: it was very unhappy, evidently, and alice would have said something pitying to comfort it, "if it would only sigh like other people! ” she thought. but this was such a wonderfully small sigh, that she wouldn't have heard it at all, if it hadn't come quite close to her ear. the consequence of this was that it tickled her ear very much, and quite took off her thoughts from the unhappiness of the poor little creature. what question should a reader ask to clarify what is happening in the story? who or what is the voice speaking to alice? when will alice attempt to share a joke? what secret will alice share with the new character? why do whispers tickle the listener?