20 POINTS! What is the literal meaning of the following quote: "[The sword was] battle-blood hardened, not blenched it at fight / in hero's hand who held it ever..."

Question 17 options:

A: The sword was powerful in battle and made heroes brave.

B: The sword was useless for the hero.

C: His blood-stained sword lost its sharpness.

D: There was so much blood on his sword he couldn't hold it.

Find two examples of imagery in act 4 of romeo and juliet. what senses do they appeal to?

Which excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich reflects the author's opinion that the members of the medical profession don't really care about their patients?

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