A.) present and future social conditions
B.) rich employers and poor laborers
C.) the Eloi and the Morlocks
D.) primitive and modern technology
A. Both
B. However
C. Because
D. In any case
Hath sent a letter to his father’s house.
Mercutio: A challenge, on my life.
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Benvolio: Romeo will answer it.
Mercutio: Any man that can write may answer a letter.
Benvolio: Nay, he will answer the letter’s master, how he dares, being dared.
Mercutio: Alas! poor Romeo, he is already dead; stabbed with a white wench’s black eye; shot through the ear with a love-song; the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy’s butt-shaft; and is he a man to encounter Tybalt?
Why does Shakespeare include Mercutio’s teasing words?
a to explain the history of the feuding families
b to criticize Romeo’s neglect of his duties
c to condemn the established ritual of sword fighting
d to contrast the seriousness of Tybalt’s challenge
Answer: the right answer is d. to contrast the seriousness of Tybalt's challenge.
Explanation: Tybalt is the son of lady Capulet's brother, Juliet's quick-tempered first cousin and Romeo's rival. Mercutio alludes to Tybalt in a mocking way to claim that he is a serious pretender to Juliet's love.
d. to contrast the seriousness of tybalts challenge
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