Read the excerpt from act iii of hamlet. rosencrantz: the cease of majesty dies not alone, but, like a gulf doth draw what’s near it with it; it is a massy wheel, fix’d on the summit of the highest mount, to whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things are mortis’d and adjoin’d; which, when it falls, each small annexment, petty consequence, attends the boisterous ruin. never alone did the king sigh, but with a general groan. which statement best explains how the excerpt exemplifies elizabethan drama? the lives of saints are celebrated. political power is discussed. rosencrantz tells a biblical story. rosencrantz recalls the details of his life.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

What does the narrator do in this passage to increase suspense and encourage the reader to continue reading

What are the sections included within a business memo