As Jessie climbed down into the rowboat, Lana scooted over on the bench to make room for her. "We have to pick up Martin now," Lana said, handing Jessie one of the oars. "And we should hurry so we can be long gone before
the patrol barge comes by."
Lana hadn't told Mom where she was going. Her mother had been smoothing a washcloth over Damon's forehead as Lana had
headed out. When her mother had asked where she was off to, Lana had tossed out some vague explanation. It was better for
Mom not to worry. She had enough to worry about these days. They all did.

Julius caesar. [brutus.] with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. cassius. and died so? brutus. even so. cassius. o ye immortal gods! [enter lucius, with wine and taper] brutus. speak no more of her. give me a bowl of wine. in this i bury all unkindness, cassius. cassius. my heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. fill, lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; i cannot drink too much of brutus' love. [exit lucius. enter titinius, with messala] brutus. come in, titinius; welcome, good messala. now sit we close about this taper here, and call in question our necessities. cassius. portia, art thou gone? brutus. no more, i pray you. what moral dilemma does brutus confront in this excerpt? brutus lets go of his anger toward cassius and forgives him. brutus decides that he will not mourn portia and will stay loyal to cassius. brutus decides that he is too angry at cassius to remain friends with him. brutus questions whether cassius's life should be ended.

In virginia woolf's essay "a room of one's own," she creates a fictional sister of william shakespeare, whom she names "judith." what challenges does woolf claim this character would have experienced in her lifetime? why does woolf believe that elizabethan women did not write?

What 3 topics are considering for demonstration speech?