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B Any good that Trujillo did for the Dominican Republic was far outweighed by the corruption and terror he oversaw as the country’s president.
D The Mirabal sisters are feminist icons that should be celebrated for their willingness to sacrifice their lives.
Explanation:
I believe the question is related to the article entitled "Trujillo & the Mirabal Sisters."
Rafael Trujillo Molina was a ruler of<em> Dominican Republic</em> from <u>1930 to 1961</u>. Although he accomplish many things as a leader such as<em> building public roads</em> and<em> reducing the nation's debt,</em> <u>his corruption and terror outweighed this. </u>He was known for enjoying savagery and became responsible for the "Parsley Massacre," which killed many Haitians.
On the other hand, the Mirabal sisters were <em>feminists icons</em> who did not fear Trujillo's tyranny. The sisters consisted of<em> Patria, Maria Teresa</em> and <em>Minerva Mirabal</em>. The code name that they used was <u>"Las Mariposas."</u> They showed their opposition to Trujillo's dictatorship by forming a movement that would overthrow Trujillo. This showed that they were willing to sacrifice their lives despite the risk involved in such a police state.
So, this explains the answers.
The sentence from Herman Melville's short story "The Lightning-Rod Man" which is an example of allusion is the one we find in letter B. Who has empowered you, you Tetzel, to peddle round your indulgences from divine ordinations?
One of the characters is mocked by being called Tetzel, who was a German Dominican preacher who sold "indulgences" (paid forgiveness for one's sins) in the 1500's. In the aforementioned sentence, there is an allusion to Martin Luther, who was openly against Tetzel and his "indulgences". An allusion is an indirect reference to something or someone, and Martin Luther is indirectly mentioned in the sense that it's like he is talking to his adversary. Except it's not Martin Luther himself speaking; it's one of the characters who try to impersonate him.
In the majority opinion, Fortas suggest that the reason for the school authorities' actions is that they were uncomfortable with such a controversial topic. According to Justice Fortas school authorities wanted to avoid controversy on the topic of Vietnam war.
