Read the excerpt from midsummer by derek walcott. praise had bled my lines white of any more anger, and snow had inducted me into white fellowships, while calibans howled down the barred streets of an empire this excerpt makes an allusion to the shakespearean character caliban, who was forced into servitude and suffered harsh treatment. what is the effect of alluding to this character? a. it draws a comparison between the rioters and the character. b. it explains what the character does in shakespeare’s play. c. it draws a comparison between the author and the character. d. it provides an explanation of what occurred in the streets.

A. It draws a comparison between the rioters and the character.  

In prose and poetry, comparisons will often be made in order to provide readers with a more elaborate image, especially when the comparison is made to something the readers will know about.  For instance if readers are familiar with the specific character of Caliban, then the image of rioters will contain an additional facet than it would have had with only a simple description.  A comparison, it should be noted, will not be effective if readers are not familiar with that to which a comparison is being made.  For instance, if the readers are not familiar with any of Shakespeare’s works, the comparison would have been ineffective.    

the answer is a).

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