Read the following line from romeo’s monologue in act ii, scene 2 of romeo and juliet, where shakespeare employs personification:

arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
who is already sick and pale with grief,
that thou her maid art far more fair than she:
be not her maid, since she is envious…

in this quote, romeo refers to juliet as the sun and rosaline as the moon. what does romeo intend to say in these lines?

a. romeo says he is now in love with juliet instead of rosaline.
b. romeo says that rosaline is more beautiful than juliet.
c. romeo says that juliet is envious of rosaline.
d. romeo says he has love for juliet and rosaline.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel