What text evidence supports Machiavelli's secondary
purpose to inform readers about the tactics Sparta and
Rome used to hold cities and their effectiveness? Select
three options.
the list of cities conquered by Sparta and Rome
the description of how Sparta had held Greece
Read this passage from chapter 5 of The Prince.
There are, for example, the Spartans and the Romans. The
Spartans held Athens and Thebes, establishing there an
oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. The Romans, in
order to hold Capua, Carthage, and Numantia, dismantled
them, and did not lose them. They wished to hold Greece as
the Spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws,
and did not succeed. So to hold it they were compelled to
dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no
safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. And
he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom
and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for
in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its
ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor
benefits will ever cause it to forget. And whatever you may
do or provide against they never forget that name or their
privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at
the explanation of how Rome dismantled Greek cities
C
the characterization of liberty as a "watchword" of rebellion
the example of Pisa rebelling against the Florentines
av rally to them as Pisa after

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

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the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.