Read the passage from act 2, scene 1, of the tragedy of julius caesar. brutus. kneel not, gentle portia. . you are my true and honourable wife, as dear to me as are the ruddy drops that visit my sad heart. portia. if this were true, then should i know this secret. . tell me your counsels; i will not disclose 'em. i have made strong proof of my constancy, giving myself a voluntary wound here in the thigh. can i bear that with patience, and not my husband’s secrets? which details best support the theme that loyalty to one's spouse is important? select two options. brutus's admission that his heart is sad portia's insistence that she will not tell brutus's secrets to anyone portia's self-inflicted wound to prove that she is constant brutus's admonition to portia to not kneel before him brutus's description of portia as a gentle person

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.

What is one way that “the maori: genealogies and origins in new zealand” contrasts with “the raven and the first men: the beginnings of the haida”? a. the maori myth features courage, but the haida myth does not. b. the maori myth features community, but the haida myth does not. c. the maori myth features the gods, but the haida myth does not. d. the maori myth features deception, but the haida myth does not.

Based on this work of satire, what is most likely the authors opinion?