Read the excerpt from act iv of hamlet. rosencrantz: take you me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: ay, sir, that soaks up the king’s countenance, his rewards, his authorities. but such officers do the king best service in the end: he keeps them, like an ape, in the corner of his jaw; first mouthed, to be last swallowed: when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. this exchange reflects shakespeare’s time because sponges were new and popular in elizabethan society. scientists in the 1600s were studying the human body. rulers gained power by surrounding themselves with loyal officers. common people felt that they were ignored by their royal leaders.

rulers gained power by surrounding themselves with loyal officers. This is the right answer.

In this excerpt , Hamlet shows Rosencrantz is too loyal to Claudius. In fact, Hamlet thinks he is Claudius' spy. Hamlet has jut killed Polonius and Rosencrantz asks him about Polonius' body. Hamlet calls Rosencratz a sponge because he does what the king orders and in this way the king becomes so powerful. The king uses their loyal men but then , he will also get rid of them. Hamlet does not tell Rosencratz where the body is.

These options are not right:

-sponges were new and popular in Elizabethan society. ( The sponge is used as a metaphor. The king makes his loyal men soak his needs).

-scientists in the 1600s were studying the human body. ( The metaphorical use of the sponge is not related to science).

-common people felt that they were ignored by their royal leaders ( The focus is put on men loyal to the king, Rosencrantz, not on common people).

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

the excerpt from chapter 2 of "animal farm", by george orwell that is an example of foreshadowing is "these three (snowball, napoleon, and squealer) had elaborated old major's teachings into a complete system of thought to which they gave the name of animalism." animal farm is an allegory of how czarist russia developed into communist russia with all its corruption. old major's teachings represent marx's theories turned into communism, animalism, by the three pigs. this foreshadows the oppression and corruption that will follow this revolt.