Read the lines from the poem. These lines refer to the biblical story of Samson.

...when, poor and blind,
He saw the blessed light of heaven no more,
Shorn of his noble strength and forced to grind
In prison...

Samson is dedicated to God, and God gives him enormous strength. To honor God, Samson’s hair is never cut. But evil people tricked Samson and cut his hair, and he loses his strength. The evil people make Samson a slave and blind him. To get revenge, Samson asks God for enough strength to destroy the evil people. God gives him strength one last time, and Samson destroys the evil people and dies in the process. Longfellow compares the slaves in America to Samson.

A.)How does the allusion in these lines affect the mood of the poem?

B.)The mood is despairing and hopeless because, like Samson, America suffers because it has lost its relationship with God.

C.)The mood is forceful and vigorous, urging the reader to work as Samson does to do what God wants.

D.)The poem has a hopeful mood because it discusses “the blessed light of heaven” when God helps Samson.

The poem creates a somber mood by describing one of the worst moments in Samson’s life.

Read the passage from animal farm. as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead—she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or disobedience in her mind. she knew that, even as things were, they were far better off than they had been in the days of jones, and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of the human beings. whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of napoleon. but still, it was not for this that she and all the other animals had hoped and toiled. it was not for this that they had built the windmill and faced the bullets of jones's gun. such were her thoughts, though she lacked the words to express them. what was most likely orwell’s purpose for writing this passage? to show that clover is more sensitive to violence than the others to remind readers of major's speech and the original rebellion to present napoleon as a cruel leader unworthy of the animals’ support to represent misled followers and their dashed hopes for better lives

As usual the nurse has trouble getting to the point what does juliet think happened before she learns the truth?

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax