Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet. Prince: Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio;
Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe?

Montague: Not Romeo, prince, he was Mercutio’s friend,

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His fault concludes but what the law should end,
The life of Tybalt.

Prince: And for that offence
Immediately we do exile him hence:
I have an interest in your hate’s proceeding,

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My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding;
But I’ll amerce you with so strong a fine
That you shall all repent the loss of mine.
In this excerpt, the prince is an antagonist because he
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Which example from lorraine hansberry's a raisin in the sun best demonstrates the idea of multiculturalism? o a. george unsuccessfully tries to convince beneatha to act like a traditional wife. o b. asagai encourages beneatha to embrace her african heritage. o c. lena younger, or mama, holds the most power in the younger family. o d. the younger family attempts to move into an all-white neighborhood

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend

1. a poem that tells a story irony 2. taking on human characteristics narrative 3. a direct comparison between two things personification 4. words that are opposite the thoughts in a speaker's mind simile 5. implied comparison introduced with "as" and "like idiom 6. one's own manner of speaking metaphor