Choose one of the two poems. Based on what you have learned about the poem, explain how its structure and tone help reveal the theme of using a place to discuss one's own identity. Write your
answer in a 100-word paragraph. Be sure to use specific details from the poem to support your
answer.

PREFERABLY “PLACES”

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.

Use a pronoun to refer to two or more singular antecedents joined by or or not

Read juliet’s soliloquy from act iv, scene iii. based on her dialogue, explain the conflict that juliet faces. is the conflict primarily external or internal? explain why.