It's literal meaning. The denotation of a word is usually the most basic and plain meaning of the word, ie how the word would be interpreted without any context.
President Kennedy’s main idea in his inaugural address is centered
on the restoration of human rights. He wanted to highlight the importance of human life and
preserve it by eradicating the struggles of human destruction namely: the difficulty
in poverty, oppression of the weak, suffering from diseases, and the chaos in
war. He wanted to atleast mitigate these problems by ensuring the citizens of America and of the world in the active participation of his people during his administration.
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"And for Leo, and other adventure seekers like him, soaring through the skies in an aircraft powered only by the invisible forces of nature comes as close as one can get to realizing that dream."
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In this excerpt from Act V, Scene V, of "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", by William Shakespeare, and the background information on the allusion it contains, affect the reader's understanding because <u>It shows that Brutus is afraid he will be tortured if he is still alive when his enemies arrive.</u>
Explanation:
Brutus is an honorable man, who was convinced by the other conspirators to kill Julius Caesar. He did it for Rome's sake, believing he was saving the future of Rome. He knows that his soldiers have been defeated, and he has seen Caesar's ghost. He wants to die honorably and knows that if his enemies arrive before he is dead they will torture him. So he asks Strato to hold his sword, and he runs on it.
