John Brown was an American abolitionist who advocated insurrection as a means to end slavery in the United States. For his activities outside the law, Brown was accused of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, found guilty and hanged.
Prior to his death and after his sentencing, a large number of prominent figures raised money and wrote speeches in his defense. One of this people was Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson presented Brown as a common, everyday man who had strong ideals and felt compelled to act upon them. This was intended to present Brown as an admirable man and to invoke sympathy among the people by identifying themselves with him.
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Option B, The author used details about events such as the Olympic Games's chariot race.
Explanation:
Detail in Option B reflect the historical setting of the text.
It is so because Chariot race in Olympic games used to happen some where around 684 BC when horses were included in the Olympics. This event happened in past and hence it is a historical event.
Thus, describing about Olympics chariot race represent the historical setting.
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In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Oberon is the king of the fairies. His wife is Titania, queen of the fairies. <u>Oberon wants to bless Theseus' house to bring luck. Theseus will marry Hippolyta, and Oberon wants to make sure they will be happy and that their future babies will be beautiful and fortunate. In the end, he blesses other couples in the play as well, and promises they will all stay in love and be happy.</u>
It could be said that this poem is about Native Americans, who are referred to "The Noble Savage" (option1). It portrays the spirit the Natives haunting their graves in the North American wilderness. It might be considered and American example of the Romantic movement.
The background of the missionaries in these chapters is not explicitly explained. Instead, it can be inferred based on parallel plot. A parallel plot is a one more story line that seem to have nothing in common with the lead story line, but it is usually contains additional information or background of an event or a character which makes a story be more deep.
