In the first paragraph, the setting is described as lifeless, yet the second paragraph mentions "life in defiance." How does this contradiction work in the story? (1 point) Question 6 options:

1)

It creates a bond between the men and dogs.

2)

It creates a conflict to drive the narrative.

3)

It suggests the characters are likely to fail.

4)

It implies the tale will end in disaster.

How many times do you read a text when you use the close reading model?i am desperate

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of julius caesar. servant. thus, brutus, did my master bid me kneel. thus did mark antony bid me fall down, and, being prostrate, thus he bade me say. "brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest. caesar was mighty, bold, royal, and loving. say i love brutus, and i honour him. say i feared caesar, honoured him, and loved him. if brutus will vouchsafe that antony may safely come to him and be resolved how caesar hath deserved to lie in death, mark antony shall not love caesar dead so well as brutus living, but will follow the fortunes and affairs of noble brutus thorough the hazards of this untrod state with all true faith.” so says my master antony

When first i engaged in this work, i resolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and myself with a prospect of the hours which i should revel away in feasts of literature . . –preface to a dictionary of the english language, samuel johnson what is the connotation of the word revel in this passage?