In “All for a Paisa,” the ironsmith’s daughter helps the merchant’s son figure out the riddle of what he can buy that can be eat
en, drank, gnawed, planted, and fed to a cow. How does this scene contribute to the development of the theme that neither assistance from others nor personal experiences can teach wisdom to a fool?
It depicts a moment in which a smart character helps a fool, but the fool learns nothing.
It shows a time in which a wise character actually learns something from an apparently foolish one.
It reveals the selfishness of fools, who rely on others to solve their problems for them.
It captures the frustration and anger felt by people who help others and receive nothing in return.
D "I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny."
Brutus says that death is a benefit and that they did Caesar a favor by killing him, because that means he had less time to worry about dying. Then he asks everyone to bathe their hands and swords in Caesar’s blood so that they can walk to the marketplace, crying, “Peace, freedom and liberty!”
