Read the excerpt from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Which connection could a reader best make to the
text?
CAESAR
Doth not Brutus bootless kneel?
CASCA
Speak, hands, for me!
Casca stabs Caesar in the neck. Caesar catches hold
of his arm. He is then stabbed by several other
Conspirators, and at last by Marcus Brutus.)
CAESAR
Et tu, Brute?- Then fall, Caesar!
[Dies. The Senators and people retire in confusion]
This reminds me of reading about Caesar's
assassination in history class.
This reminds me of the biography I read about
William Shakespeare
This reminds me of a book I read about political
conspiracy theories
This reminds me of reading about Caesar's early
career in the army

Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)