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Read the following dramatic excerpt and answer the question: **KING ALISTAIR:** The night is thick with rumors, Marcus. Look, The stars themselves do blink as if in fear Of what the dawn will uncover on the field. Is loyalty a garment worn for show, To be cast off when winter winds blow cold? **MARCUS:** My liege, my heart is buckled to your side With stronger steel than any coat of mail. Let doubters flee; the chaff is blown away, But solid wheat remains to face the scythe. Yet sleep, my lord, for tired eyes see ghosts Where only shadows dance upon the wall. In Marcus's speech, the words 'the chaff is blown away, / But solid wheat remains' function as a metaphor for what?

Fickle followers fleeing while loyal ones stay The harvest season beginning after the battle The hunger that the soldiers will face The destructive power of the autumn wind

Correct Answer:

Fickle followers fleeing while loyal ones stay

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