The answer here is probably B, but you didn’t provide the text so I can’t be sure.
The artist has a copacetic way of viewing different perspectives.
I'd say its personification, because it says "i hear america singing." and america can't physically sing.
It emphasizes the intensity of the effect of sound on the speaker’s thoughts to convey the idea of a mental breakdown.
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A fawning publician in the given Text refers to Antonio . Fawning publician means servile Roman tax collector . Here , a publician is a much hated person i.e. a tax collector .
In Act I, Scene iii of The Merchant of Venice, explain the stanza, " How like a fawning publican he looks! I hate him for he is a Christian; But more, for that in low simplicity ..... Which he calls...
In Act I, Scene iii of The Merchant of Venice, explain the stanza, " How like a fawning publican he looks! I hate him for he is a Christian;
One of the main contentious issues in The Merchant of Venice, is the hatred between Shylock and Antonio. Each treats the other contemptuously. In this scene, Shylock and Bassanio have just made an agreement for Antonio to obtain a loan and now they will meet to discuss the terms. Shylock, aside to the audience, makes it clear how he feels about him.
He is like "a fawning publican" a grovelling tax collector. Although a publican is traditionally someone who owns a bar or a tavern as it would have been called in those days, in ancient times a publican was the hated and much-aligned collector of taxes so Shylock is comparing Antonio to that. Shylock goes on to say "but more for that.." his contempt goes much further. "He is a Christian." He also lends money to others "gratis;" in other words, free of any charges or interest. The "rate of usance" is the rate at which money lenders are allowed to claim interest on the loans.
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