Read the following excerpt from "death, be not proud" by john donne:
thou'art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
and dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
and poppy'or charms can make us sleep as well
and better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
one short sleep past, we wake eternally,
and death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.
what is the role of the paradox in these lines?
a. to show that even seemingly eternal things are temporary
b. to reveal a contradiction between violence and affection
c. to associate death with various horrors that humans must endure
d. to give non-human things, such as death, human characteristics

Some realist discussions relevant social issues. what important social issue does kate chopin’s “the story of an hour” primarily focuses on? a) the isolation of people in modern society b) the transient nature of marriage and love c) female autonomy and independence d) the suffocating nature of family

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.

The tankers are so large how did some crew members get from one point to another while on board