He was interested in being completely surrounded by nature.
Answer and Explanation:
The double meaning of "to fall prostrate here" is related to what Juliet is doing now and what she will do later that night. Juliet, who is in love with Romeo, is being forced by her father to marry someone else. <u>She is instructed by Friar Lawrence to pretend regretting her behavior, to pretend that she agrees to such marriage, and to fall prostrate. She does fall prostrate - she falls to her knees while begging her father for forgiveness. Let's keep in mind that "prostrate" means lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward.</u>
<u>However, Juliet will also fall prostrate later, when she drinks the potion Friar Lawrence has given her. The potion will slow her heartbeat down, making her look like she is dead. There is a certain irony to this, as if Juliet is teasing her father, foreshadowing what will take place soon but without any chance of him grasping that meaning.</u>
About being obdurate Douglass tells he was obdurate "enough to be insensible to the voice of a reproving conscience".
About being cruel Douglass mention "he committed the grossest and most savage deeds upon the slaves under his charge." being severe on his punishments.
About being artful Douglass says "He was one of those who could torture the slightest look, word, or gesture, on the part of the slave, into impudence, and would treat it accordingly" he was also very aware of it in other ways and he would not care about killing the slaves even as they were a property and in order to do not be condemned he would say "To be accused was to be convicted, and to be convicted was to be punished" so "It is better that a dozen slaves should suffer under the lash, than that the overseer should be convicted, in the presence of the slaves, of having been at fault.".
“The barn was so alive with all of the pigs inside.”
