"But the rose-colour swiftly faded." I emphasize with this phrase/quote as it symbolises that the warmth of the colour rose was fading away, which shows that something dreadful had occured for this to happen. The verb "swiftly" means quickly showing a quite similarity of someones life ending. Comparing to the rest of the extract this phrase shows how the sky was drained out of its colour. This phrase implies the sky is slowly loosing its happy touch which gives off some sort of hope to the reader.
irony or inference.........
The line mentions <span>Teiresias, the prophet who knew what would happen, and the seeing itself. Even though he is blind, Teiresias sees into the future and the truth of things. Even though he isn't blind, Oedipus doesn't see what he is doing and who he is. His tragic blindness will turn into the actual blindness, in a self-punishing act.</span>
Answer: With their hard work, these individuals had invested in their country and they deserved to be suitably rewarded.
In this passage, the author states that the question "Brother, can you spare a dime?" goes beyond a plea from a beggar. In fact, it is a legitimate question we should all be asking ourselves. The reason why the author thinks this is the case is because people who are now beggars had a lot to do with our wealth. He argues that they were soldiers, children, builders, all characters who allowed the country to be what it is now. We have benefitted from their past work and they deserve to be rewarded for their contribution.
