Read the excerpt from princess ida by gilbert and sullivan.

women of adamant, fair neophytes—
who thirst for such instruction as we give,
attend, while i unfold a parable.
the elephant is mightier than man,
yet man subdues him. why? the elephant
is elephantine everywhere but here (tapping her forehead)
and man, whose brain is to the elephant’s
as woman’s brain to man’s—(that’s rule of
conquers the foolish giant of the woods,
as woman, in her turn, shall conquer man.

this excerpt is an example of
blank verse.
free verse.
heroic couplet.
common meter.

In his adaptation of this excerpt, laurence olivier uses high cliffs as a a background and he holds onto a knife. what's effect do these choices have?

Read the excerpt from act iv, scene iv of romeo and juliet. capulet: good faith! ’tis day: the county will be here with music straight, for so he said he would. [music within.] i hear him near. nurse! wife! what, no! what, nurse, i say! 30 re-enter nurse. go waken juliet, go and trim her up; i’ll go and chat with paris. hie, make haste, make haste; the bridegroom he is come already: make haste, i say. [exeunt.] 35 this scene is an example of dramatic irony used to create suspense since the audience knows that the musicians will not arrive on time. capulet approves of the match to paris. romeo is already married to juliet. the nurse will be unable to rouse juliet.

Which statement best reflects how martin luther king, jr. uses rhetoric and style in paragraph 9 of "letter from a birmingham jail" to assist him in advocating the use of nonviolent direct action to achieve justice for negro citizens in birmingham? click here to read the letter.