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A. This reminds me of reading about Caesar's assassination in history class.
Explanation:
The given excerpt actually connects to the reader by reminding the reader about the assassination of Julius Caesar. His assassination is usually taught in history classes.
Caesar was actually assassinated by a group of senators; about 40 Roman senators assasinated him and stabbed about 23 times.
The main motive behind his assassination was due to his tyrany and his plan to overthrow the Senate.
Gerald thinks that nothing much has really changed in his relationship with Sheila. Yet he's deluding himself. He may not have changed, alright, but things between him and Sheila most certainly have. Although genuinely moved by the death of Alice Renton (a.k.a. Eva Smith), he cannot emerge beneath the shadow of his domineering father. He knows that without his father's money he simply won't be able to make it on his own.
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Scrooge is such a miser that he won't even allow his clerk to have enough coal to keep him warm. Scrooge's greed is his a downfall because he's so consumed with his money that he neglects the people around him, and when all is said and done, the people are what matter most.
Answer and Explanation:
When Scrooge's nephew claims he is going to get married, Scrooge believes he is a fool to cling to frivolities like marriage and asks why the nephew thinks this is a good idea. The nephew says that he will marry because he is in love and wants to live forever with the woman he loves. At this moment, Scrooge is sure that his nephew is crazy and an idiot for maintaining romantic ideals in the real world and for that reason, he remains serious and charged with irony and contempt, he replies to his nephew with a "Good afternoon." he leaves, giving his nephew a cue to understand that he is not welcome and must go.
