Caesar: danger knows full wellthat caesar is more dangerous than he. we are two lions littered in one day, and i the elder and more terrible.  identify the correct interpretation of the figurative language used in this excerpt. a) danger is a symbol of fear shown through the image of two lions. b) the apostrophe of danger creates a simile comparing caesar and danger to brother lions: both noble and strong, with caesar being stronger because he is the older of the two. c) caesar personifies danger to create a metaphor comparing himself and it to brother lions: both noble and strong, with caesar being stronger because he is the older of the two. d) caesar personifies danger to show that he is afraid of it because it is symbolized as a lion.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky