Read the words of king claudius in act iv of hamlet. come, gertrude, we’ll call up our wisest friends; and let them know both what we mean to do, and what’s untimely done: so, haply, slander, whose whisper o’er the world’s diameter, as level as the cannon to his blank transports his poison’d shot, may miss our name, and hit the woundless air. o! come away; how do his words reflect politics in shakespeare’s day? royal leaders were respectful to ordinary people. royal leaders were concerned with their public image. common people were showing opposition to the queen. common people were afraid to speak out against leaders.

What do the metaphors suggest about collins's thoughts on aging? a.that he believes it is a frightening experience b.that he believes it is bearable in a loving relationship c.that he believes it only happens to the weak d.that he believes it happens to everyone

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt

Throughout the memoir, the prisoners are made equal in the way they are treated, and again, eliezer sees their equality in another way. how does he describe the equality?