Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep about to find ourselves dishonourable graves. men at some time are masters of their fates: the fault, dear brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

Cassius To Brutus.

Explanation:

The given excerpt is taken from the play "Julius Caesar" written by William Shakespeare.

The statement was said by Cassius to Brutus in Act 1, Scene 2 of the play.

In this Act, Cassius persuades Brutus for the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar. Cassius compares Caesar with the giant statue of Colossus of Rhodes. Cassius by this comparison tried to portray Caesar as a negative ruler, who rules like a giant in the narrow world.

And then, Cassius tells Brutus that people are masters of their fate and likewise, he should be the master of his fate and choose to be the deserving ruler of Rome instead of Caesar.

the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.

while his customary satire is present in mark twain's short story "the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county," there is a cloaking of this satire as twain's narrator is not directly involved. another literary device that you could build a thesis around is the use by twain of hyperbole.

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