Which of the following is the main (independent) clause in the following sentence: Atlas struggled, weighed down by the responsibility of carrying the
world on his shoulders. *
Atlas Struggled
weighed down
by the responsibility of carrying the world
on his shoulders

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used