Read the lines from a midsummer night's dream and answer the question. brief as the lightning in the collied night that, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, and ere a man hath power to say, 'behold! ' the jaws of darkness do devour it up. which sentence best describes the personification used in the above excerpt? the darkness of night is given human characteristics. the darkness of night is compared to lightning. the human jaw is compared to the darkness of night. the jaws are black as the night.

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.