The correct answer is:
"Brutus explains that he loved Caesar, but loves Rome more. He had to kill Caesar because, although Caesar was a brave man and his friend, Caesar was too ambitious"
This is the best sentence to paraphrase the excerpt from "Julius Caesar", act 3, scene 2 because it stays true to the original meaning while using different words and structures to say it.
The first and last option are not correct because they both use passages from the original extract, and therefore are not paraphrases.
The second option is incorrect as well, because it omits details explained in the original excerpt.
<span>1) The excerpt is a description from a Victorian novel. The author engages in social criticism in critical tone. The main figure that is being under discussion in this excerpt is description of people's social behaviour that delivers sort of estimation for depicted society in general. The speaker's attitude is shown in the word order and figurative language. Using a bit sarcastic critical tone author depicts the situation in a way readers can understand its problematic without direct prompts or persuasive tools.
2) </span><span>The excerpt suggests that the novel is written in a realistic style. The facts stated in the text are demonstrated as representation of reality, showing how 'life works'. The context does not contain any unreal situations, all the things described there take place in real life, in regular world. </span>
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.
