Read the excerpt from act iii, scene i of romeo and juliet. prince: romeo slew him, he slew mercutio; who now the price of his dear blood doth owe? montague: not romeo, prince, he was mercutio’s friend, 155 his fault concludes but what the law should end, the life of tybalt. prince: and for that offence immediately we do exile him hence: i have an interest in your hate’s proceeding, 160 my blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding; but i’ll amerce you with so strong a fine that you shall all repent the loss of mine.

in this excerpt, the prince is an antagonist because he .

a-rules verona
b-befriends tybalt
c-ignores lawbreakers
d-banishes romeo

D. banishes romeo.

Explanation:

In a story, the antagonist is the character who is opposed to the protagonist. As Romeo and Juliet are the protagonists in the play, those who oppose them are considered the antagonists. In this case, the Prince is the antagonist because he has decided to banish Romeo from Verona. Romeo has just killed Tybalt, because Tybalt killed Mercutio. The king is unhappy with this bloodbath, and he thinks that the right way to deal with it is by banishing Romeo.

the group received an extra pound of butter for christmas.

the annex was delighted to hear that we'll all be receiving an extra quarter pound of butter for christmas.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.