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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Julius Ceasar
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Please help me with the words highlighted.
Context: Calpurnia, Caesar' wife, says this as she fears something very bad may befall Caesar if he ventures out of the palace. Here her fears coincided with the warning given by the soothsayer-"ides of March"
Does it refer to the guard at the palace?"Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies,
Please help me with the words highlighted.
Context: Calpurnia, Caesar' wife, says this as she fears something very bad may befall Caesar if he ventures out of the palace. Here her fears coincided with the warning given by the soothsayer-"ides of March"
Does it refer to the guard at the palace?
"Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies,
Yet now they fright me. There is one within,
Besides the things that we have heard and seen,(15)
Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch.
A lioness hath whelped in the streets;
And graves have yawn'd, and yielded up their dead;
Fierce fiery warriors fight upon the clouds,
In ranks and squadrons and right form of war,(20)
Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol;
The noise of battle hurtled in the air,
Horses did neigh and dying men did groan,
And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets.
O Caesar! These things are beyond all use,(25)
And I do fear them."
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Hi, No. I take 'the watch' to mean the soldiers who patrol the city to keep civic order. Like modern policemen.
- Hi, No.
- I take 'the watch' to mean the soldiers who patrol the city to keep civic order.
- Like modern policemen.
- Clive
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Hi,
No.
I take 'the watch' to mean the soldiers who patrol the city to keep civic order. Like modern policemen.
Clive
No.
I take 'the watch' to mean the soldiers who patrol the city to keep civic order. Like modern policemen.
Clive
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Thank you, Clive.
I have a doubt with the structure - definite article + adjective.
Example- The poor, the rich, the watch ...
Does it always refer to the whole class of people? Can't it not sometimes refer to one of the class?
I have a doubt with the structure - definite article + adjective.
Example- The poor, the rich, the watch ...
Does it always refer to the whole class of people? Can't it not sometimes refer to one of the class?
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Hi,
eg The poor, the rich, the hungry Yes, these refer by indefinite article + adjective to a whole class, A single instance would be eg a poor/rich/hungry person.
But in these examples, the structure is 'definite article + group noun.'
eg The poor, the rich, the hungry Yes, these refer by indefinite article + adjective to a whole class, A single instance would be eg a poor/rich/hungry person.
But in these examples, the structure is 'definite article + group noun.'
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