Is this conversation designed to ‘mend fences’? SAMPSON and GREGORY, servants of the Capulet family, enter carrying swords and small shields.
SAMPSON:
Gregory, I swear, we can't let them humiliate us. We won't take their garbage.
GREGORY (teasing SAMPSON):
No, because then we'd be garbage-men.
SAMPSON:
What I mean is, if they make us angry we'll pull out our swords.
GREGORY:
Maybe you should focus on pulling yourself out of trouble, Sampson.
SAMPSON:
I hit hard when I'm angry.
GREGORY:
The fight is between our masters, and we men who work for them.

homework should not be banned because it tells the teacher if you were paying attention in class or not. it assures the teacher that you understand the material so you can move on to different material.

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.