PLEASE HELP Quote: "HIGGINS: Yes: that’s what drives me mad: the silly people don’t know their own silly business." -George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion p. 33

1. What is the purpose of the two colons in this sentence?

2. What function does the yes at the beginning of the sentence serve? How would the meaning change if the yes was excluded?

the opening scene of "sweat" exposes the great emotional charge of the story. it shows the violence and abuse that dyes the marriage between delia jones and skyes.

skyes decides to terrorize his wife by pulling a bull whip (which resembles a snake), knowing that she is terrified of those animals. skyes laughs cruelly at her and kicks the laundry with which delia has been working hard, telling her to get rid of it. skyes also comments on her religious manners, telling his wife how ridiculous they are. delia reacts by threatening skyes with her frying pan, generating even more conflict

you know if a word is hiatus if there is a break somewhere in the word