In all my years at shawshank, there have been less than ten men whom i believed when they told me they were innocent. andy dufresne was one of them, although i only became convinced of his innocence over a period of years. if i had been on the jury that heard his case in portland superior court over six stormy weeks in 1947-48, i would have voted to convinct, too.

source: king, stephen. "rita hayworth and shawshank redemption." different seasons. new york: penguin group, 1982. google books. web. 16 may 2011.

how does the point of view in the excerpt affect the characterization in the text?

a)characterization emphasizes action and dialogue through third-person point of view.

b)characterization occurs through the point of view of an all-seeing narrator who interprets and makes judgments.

c)characterization occurs through the potentially biased point of view of one character.

d)the excerpt is lacking any definite point of view because the narrator is not identified.

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.