As often through the purple night, below the starry clusters bright, some bearded meteor, trailing light, moves over still shalott. (“the lady of shalott”) what connotations does tennyson evoke by comparing lancelot to a meteor? 1 dazzling light and repetitive cycles 2falling, brilliance, and doom 3mystery and romance of the night 4solidity and danger

What does the candle symbolize in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? “when i am not, what will there be? there will be nothing. then where shall i be when i am no more? can this be dying? no, i don’t want to! ” he jumped up and tried to light the candle, felt for it with trembling hands, dropped candle and candlestick on the floor, and fell back on his pillow. a. ivan ilyich’s shallow lifestyle b. ivan ilyich’s troubled conscience c. ivan ilyich’s murky past d. ivan ilyich’s approaching death