In the Declaration of Independence, the list of complaints against the king of England is described as a list of "facts." According to Stephen E. Lucas, the authors are trying to describe the truth without interpretation. Do you think the authors of the declaration succeeded in providing a perfectly unbiased account of the king's actions?

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 5, scene 5. brutus. why this, volumnius. the ghost of caesar hath appeared to me two several times by night—at sardis once, and this last night, here in philippi fields. i know my hour is come. volumnius. not so, my lord. brutus. nay, i am sure it is, volumnius. thou seest the world, volumnius, how it goes. our enemies have beat us to the pit, [low alarums] it is more worthy to leap in ourselves than tarry till they push us. which prediction about the plot does this passage most support? brutus will replace caesar. brutus will take his own life. brutus will surrender to his enemies. brutus will be forever haunted by caesar.

In the song mallam sile sings in lines 113 through 130 the knife probably represents

King claudius has resolved to do what (besides send hamlet to england)? what does this reveal about his character?