Answer and Explanation:
Paine uses personification to show how America has the capacity to be happy to get rid of foreign domination. As we know America is a continent (although Paine is referring to the country, USA) and therefore it is an inanimate being, but the ability to be happy is something unique to living beings. When Paine uses this ability to describe a state of America, he is using personification to show how happy American citizens will be with an independent and self-sufficient America that can tackle its own challenges without being dependent on anyone, being happy.
She realizes that she is unable to help make his life any better. Hope this helps
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- "I can replace the window," he said, putting his arm around my shoulders, "but I can't replace you."
- The audience stood up, cheering wildly, and I've never felt so relieved in my life.
The resolution paragraph of a narrative is the section in which the main conflict of the story is resolved. In the first section, the character appears to be having an epiphany. An epiphany is a sudden realization, most often triggered by a new event or piece of information. Epiphanies are often found towards the end of narratives.
In the second example, the character's conflict is the anxiety regarding the reaction of the audience. As the audience stands up and cheers, the conflict is resolved. This is why the character feels "relieved."
Rukeyser wrote this poem in 1968 amidst the Vietnam war, Civil Rights Movement and similar political and social trends. The poem has got a morning and evening phases, respectively describing war and peace where the evening phase begins with the lines "As the lights darkened, as the lights of night brightened". The content of the lines is associated with the peace and the victory of this idea. Therefore, the correct answer is C.
