Answer:
<em>A character feuding with a close friend. </em>
<em>A character living in a harsh environment. </em>
<em>A character being judged by the community. </em>
Explanation:
External conflict in a literary work refers to a fight or struggle between the main character and some outside force. An outside force means it is <u>outside the body</u> of the character. There are <em>three main types</em> of external conflict in literature:
- <em>Character to character:</em> The most common one is the protagonist versus the antagonist, <em>a character feuding with a close friend</em> is an example of a character to character conflict.
- Character versus society: This conflict refers to the main character struggling with social forces, examples of this conflict are<em> a character</em> <em>being judged by the community</em> and <em> a character living in a harsh environment,</em> when a harsh environment refers to the social environment he is surrounded by.
- Character versus nature: When the protagonist struggles against forces of nature. An example can also be a <em>character living in a harsh environment</em>, when it refers to climate conditions.
Answer:
"Finally I kept silent, at first perhaps out of defiance, and then because I could neither think nor speak in your presence."
Explanation:
The first option is the answer: <em>Titinius feels guilty that Cassius is dead, and decides he must kill himself.</em>
How I built the conclusion:
Firstly, the act starts with a conversation between Messala and Titinius. Then, Messala EXITS, so a monologue by Titinius starts (Since he's the only one in the scene, there's no need to identify the speaker, as there was previously when Messala was also present).
Since he's alone, and speaking with a sorrow tone when he starts to 'talk' to Cassius, it can be assumed that Cassius is dead. And apparently, Brutus had previously instructed Titinius to give a garland (the <em>wreath of victory</em>) to Cassius. (The notice of Cassius death is probably the report that would <em>thrust Brutus' ears</em>, and what Messala left to tell him, in the first place). Finally, he decides he will still accomplish his mission (<em>Brutus' bidding</em>) by also dying (as giving Cassius his garland in the afterlife).
So with the <em>gods' leave</em> (in this context, permission), he meets his <em>Roman's part</em> (separation from Rome - material world). And he finally conclude the deed by 'inviting' <em>Cassius' sword </em>to find <em>Titinius' heart </em>(his own heart - thrusts a sword into his chest).
They were tired living in the darkness
The author might compare "the awkward waddling walk of a swam to the torture of life that humans life on this planet". This might be considered a metaphor for the "release of death and the grace" in comparison to life itself. The reader might perceive that life is awkward and death is sweet. So it could be said that the theme of the poem might be "the release of the burden of life in death".
