Consider the following lines. juliet . . i have no joy of this contract tonight: it is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden; too like the lightning, which doth cease to be ere one can say it lightens. (ii. ii.125-8) romeo . . how oft when men are at the point of death have they been merry! which their keepers call a lightning before death: o! how may i call this a lightning? o my love! my wife! (v. iii. 91-4) juliet's lines are an example of a. oxymoron b. allusion c. dramatic irony d. foreshadowing

Nthe final analysis, the government has not done enough to protect the endangered species of the rain forest. in the passage above, the transition in the final analysis is used to

Iwill have sailed around the world by the end of next year. what is the verb form in the sentence? future perfect past emphatic present progressive past perfect

Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." again rainsford lifted the heavy knocker, and let it fall. the door opened then, opened as suddenly as if it were on a spring, and rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light that poured out. the first thing rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man rainsford had ever seen—a gigantic creature, solidly made and black bearded to the waist. in his hand the man held a long-barreled revolver, and he was pointing it straight at rainsford's heart. the details of this excerpt show that rainsford sees ivan as a(n) individual.