What conflict does Brutus describe in this passage? his external conflict with Cassius
his external conflict with Mark Antony
his internal conflict over killing Caesar
his internal conflict about the state of Rome

This question is missing the passage. I was able to find it online. It is the following:

BRUTUS.

He is not doubted.-A word, Lucillius.

How he received you let me be resolved

LUCILLIUS

With courtesy and with respect enough,

But not with such familiar instances,

Nor with such free and friendly conference,

As he hath used of old.

BRUTUS

Thou hast described

A hot friend cooling. Ever note, Lucillius:

When love begins to sicken and decay

It useth an enforced ceremony.

There are no tricks in plain and simple faith;

But hollow men, like horses hot at hand,

Make gallant show and promise of their mettle;

But when they should endure the bloody spur,

They fall their crests and, like deceitful jades,

Sink in the trial. Comes his army on?

The conflict Brutus describes in the passage is:

A. his external conflict with Cassius.

Explanation:

Brutus, Cassius, and Lucillius are characters in Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar". Brutus and Cassius are guilty of plotting against the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar and killing him. Lucillius is a minor character who is faithful to Brutus.

In the passage we are analyzing here, Brutus is worried about his friendship with Cassius. He is asking Lucillius about the way Cassius treated him (Lucillius), and he is told that Cassius is acting in a civil manner, but not as friendly and warm as he used to. Upon hearing this news, Brutus quickly realizes he and Cassius are no longer the friends and allies they once were, and that he can no longer trust Cassius.

That is an example of external conflict. In literature, conflict is the struggle between two opposing forces. An external conflict happens between the character and another element in the story - another character, nature, society, technology, etc. In this case, it is a character vs. character type of conflict.

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.