After John Brown was hung for several accusations regarding slavery abolition in 1859, there were two perspectives about him, and this represented a controversy: On one side, people were in favor and wanted him dead. On the other, people considered him a hero.
While the first claimed he was a murderer and subversive whose intentions were to bring a servile civil war down, the second saw in him an example of true patriotism, someone who sacrifices himself for the emancipation and salvation of a despised race, that is to say, his brothers.
I think the answer is 'to engage the audience in the tragic story'. I would only reveal the end to capture the attention of the audince and make them wonder why/how the story ends the way it does.
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
(((The poet rebukes readers for their mistaken belief that war is glorious)))
Answer:
1
Explanation:
This answer choice is best fitting with what is going on in sentences 4 and 5.
Hope this helps !
