Read the following exert from Canto V of Dante's Inferno, in which the narrator describes sinners who are punished for lust: And as the starlings are lifted on their wings In icy weather to wide and serried flocks, So does the gale lift up the wicked spirits, Flinging them here and there and down and up: No hope whatever can ever comfort them, neither of rest nor of less punishment.

Which sentence best explains Dante's intended use of symbolism in this excerpt?
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A. The gale represents the desire that excited the sinners while alive.
B. The storm is likened to icy weather that carries flocks of starlings.
C. The sinners are lifted and buffeted by extremely fierce winds.
D. The starlings stand for the freedom of being released from a life of lust.

Which of the following did shakespeare change in his version of romeo and juliet? he increased emphasis on the capulet-montague conflict. he made romeo and mercutio’s relationship more complicated. he made the franciscan friars more evil. he gave tybalt a smaller role.

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Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 1, of the tragedy of julius caesar. [exit lepidus] antony. this is a slight, unmeritable man, meet to be sent on errands. is it fit, the three-fold world divided, he should stand one of the three to share it? octavius. so you thought him, and took his voice who should be p to die, in our black sentence and proscription. antony. octavius, i have seen more days than you. and though we lay these honors on this man. to ease ourselves of divers sland’rous loads, he shall but bear them as the a** bears gold, to groan and sweat under the business, either led or driven as we point the way; and having brought our treasure where we will, then take we down his load, and turn him off, like to the empty a**, to shake his ears and graze in commons. what does this interaction reveal about antony’s character? select two options. he feels like he is getting old. he values the efforts of his peers. his opinion of beasts of burden is low. he presents a false demeanor to others. he is ambitious for himself and his friends.