As Brutus and Cassius prepare for battle, it becomes increasingly clear that their efforts are doomed. The outcome of the battle will resolve the conflict between the two political forces. 1. What have you known about Cassius that Brutus just begins to realize in this act?

2. How does the conflict between Cassius and Brutus heighten the tension of the larger conflict to come?

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.