What is Titus doing at the beginning of Act 3? * He is pleading for the lives of Martius and Quintus
He is giving a speech about patriotism in the Roman senate
He is attending the wedding of Saturninus and Lavinia
He is attempting to free his brother, Marcus, from prison
Why does lucius have his sword drawn when he approaches Titus?

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Lines 9-12 compare the "ashes of youth" to a deathbed twilight fire youth

In line 7 of sonnet xix by john milton, the speaker ask, "doth god exact day labor, light denied" what does his question mean a what shall one charge god to work in the dark b why must god make us suffer to work c is god trying me ? d how does god expect him to work when he is blind