These words are spoken by Mephistopheles, a prince of the underworld who becomes Faustus' servant for twenty-four years after he sells his soul to Lucifer in exchange for unlimited power.
This passage appears in Act 5, Scene 1, where an Old Man appears in front of Faustus an calls him to renounce sourcery and repent, for is not to late to be saved. But Faustus sends him away, and when Mephistopheles appears, he asks the demon to torture the Old Man for offending him.
To this, Mephistopheles responds with these words, meaning that the torture will only be physical, since he cannot touch the man's soul.
D. it clearly connects ideas
Parallelism is when the same grammatical or sentence structure is used for a list of ideas or items. By using a similar grammatical structure the reader's brain automatically makes a connection between the ideas because of the similar structure. Caesar's famous line "I came. I saw. I conquered." is an example of parallelism. Each of the sentences has the format subject-past tense verb.
The Full question reads;
Which piece of evidence best reveals how Elijah’s words contribute to Joe’s death?
A. “Looka theah, folkses!” cried Elijah Mosley, slapping his leg gleefully. “Theah they go, big as life an’ brassy as tacks.” (Paragraph 2)
B. “He rides that log down at the saw-mill jus’ like he struts ‘round wid another man’s wife — jus’ don’t give a kitty.” (Paragraph 5)
C. “Talkin’ like a man, Joe. Course that’s yo’ fambly affairs, but Ah like to see grit in anybody.” (Paragraph 16)
D. “Aw, Ah doan’t know. You never kin tell. He might turn him up an’ spank him furgettin’ in the way, but Spunk wouldn’t shoot no unarmed man.” (Paragraph 22)
Answer:
<u>D. “Aw, Ah doan’t know. You never kin tell. He might turn him up an’ spank him furgettin’ in the way, but Spunk wouldn’t shoot no unarmed man.” (Paragraph 22)</u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
In the short story entitled "SPUNK" by Ora Neale HURSTON which focuses mainly on three characters, namely Joe, Joe's wife, and Spunk. A beef is created when Spunk had an affair with Joe's wife, feeling bad Joe tries to confront's Spunk in which Elijah’s words led to his death.
<span>D) Rukmani tries to stay in the village by offering to read villagers' letters for a small fee
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