Read the excerpt from act iii, scene v of romeo and juliet.

juliet: o! now be gone; more light and light it grows.

romeo: more light and light; more dark and dark our woes.

how does shakespeare use the motif of darkness?

as a reason for of sorrow
as a cause for fear
as a symbol of maturity
as a source of comfort

What phrase from "speech after being convicted of voting" most engages the audience's sense of pathos, or their emotions?

How is the word laud and welcome different

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.