Tleast 150 words, explain how the historical context of the civil war and its literature can be used to explore universal themes.

The American civil war was fought mainly on the cause of slavery and some economical issues it caused, the slavery topic can be divided into what we know today as feminazi , woman who think they´re slaves of man so they oppose them, also there are several universal themes this topic relates to , for example bullying; slaves were made slaves because they were thought to be a lesser race than the one "owning" them , bullying is the same ,some kids think they’re superior to others and end up pulling pranks and making their life miserable. also some religious problems can be subtracted from the slavery topic, fanatics around the country said that slaves weren’t children of god, so they treated them with hate and that is seen all around the world but with different targets, these being homosexual persons and any kind of taboo like people who wear piercings or tattoos anything gets discriminated and its tearing our society apart,

answer: to inform

explanation: the red death is an exciting passage, but also in some ways scary, so it is not to amuse. the red death is far in the past, so it is not to warn.

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