In the excerpt, "Blood drizzling on the Capitol" is the most symbolic. It represents violence, chaos, and the foreboding of political turmoil in Rome. The Capitol is a significant political symbol, and the imagery of blood suggests the potential for conflict and the dire consequences of political actions. The other options, while impactful, do not carry the same level of symbolic meaning within the context of the excerpt.
Read the following lines by Calpurnia. Then answer the question that follows.
Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies,
Yet now they fright me. There is one within,
Besides the things that we have heard and seen,
Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch.
A lioness hath whelpèd in the streets,
And graves have yawned and yielded up their dead.
Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds
In ranks and squadrons and right form of war,
Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol.
The noise of battle hurtled in the air,
Horses did neigh, and dying men did groan,
And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets.
O Caesar, these things are beyond all use,
And I do fear them.
Which of the following from the excerpt is symbolic?
Blood drizzling on the Capitol
Dying Men
Horses neighing
Noise of battle
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