Read the passage from martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" speech.

"five score years ago, a great american . . signed the emancipation proclamation."

what effect does dr. king's allusion have on the speech?

a) the allusion shows dr. king's importance since, in his speech, he is referring to president lincoln.

b) the allusion reminds the listener that it has been one hundred years since the emancipation proclamation, and inequality still exists.

c) the allusion reminds the audience that slavery is over.

d) the allusion shows that equality was achieved with the emancipation proclamation.

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee. —"sonnet 18," william shakespeare in one to two sentences, explain the central idea of the final couplet of the poem.

At last it was settled by lot that zeus should reign supreme in heaven, whilst aides governed the lower world, and poseidon had full command over the sea, but the supremacy of zeus was recognized in all three kingdoms, in heaven, on earth (in which of course the sea was included), and under the earth. zeus held his court on the top of mount olympus, whose summit was beyond the clouds; the dominions of aides were the gloomy unknown regions below the earth; and poseidon reigned over the sea. what element of a myth does this excerpt contain? an example of an historical event a lesson about human behavior an explanation of an event in nature a story about gods or goddesses

How did the industrial revolution shape the beliefs of the romantics