Question

The common slave held up his left hand which was ______.

Options

• Burning like twenty torches held together.

• Full of sores.

• Burning like two hundred torches held together.

• Red and a flame.

Answer 1

The common slave held up his left hand which was burning like twenty torches held together.

Explanation:

Casca describes the slave’s left hand as burning like twenty torches joined together. Yet the slave did not feel the heat or suffer injury. This unnatural sight heightens the scene’s ominous atmosphere.