Read the excerpt from act i, scene i of romeo and juliet.

capulet: what noise is this? give me my long sword
lady capulet: a crutch, a crutch! why call you for a sword?
capulet: my sword, i say, old montague is come,
and flourishes his blade in spite of me.

what is the purpose of this dialogue?

to foreshadow the tragedy
to describe the setting
to provide comic relief
to build suspense

The legend of king arthur and the basis of its factuality have drawn a good deal of attention for hundreds of years, from both popular culture as well as academic scholars. consider, now, the consequences of a definitive resolution to the issue of his existence. do you feel that not knowing in this case is perhaps preferred to knowing? what other mysteries might we as a culture prefer to remain unsolved? why?

What does the word precocious mean in this sentence

Read the sentences below. (1) wordsworth believed that poetry should present the ordinary in unusual ways, and shelley's "ode to the west wind" does just that. (2) in the poem, the speaker calls the wind "thou breath of autumn's being." (3) later in the poem, the speaker refers to the wind as both "destroyer and preserver." which word or phrase would smooth the transition between sentence 1 and sentence 2? a "in addition" b "finally" c "for instance" d "moreover"