The answer is: They are subway or train tracks.
In the excerpt from "Anthem," by Ayn Rand, the narrator travels through an abandoned underground tunnel. She describes how they go below ground into a large tunnel and see the "long thin tracks of iron," which is not iron. They also touch the cold and smooth train or subway tracks, and crawl forward intending to find out where the tracks take to.
Answer:
The themes of death and violence permeate Romeo and Juliet, and they are always connected to passion, whether that passion is love or hate. The connection between hate, violence, and death seems obvious. But the connection between love and violence requires further investigation.
Explanation:
Prose and Verse
Like all of Shakespeare's tragedies, Romeo and Juliet is written mostly in blank verse. ... Because verse is more structured and rule-bound than prose, verse also suits a play about characters who are trapped by fate and social rules.
