Read this excerpt from "the legend." tonight, i read about descartes' grand courage to doubt everything except his own miraculous existence and i feel so distinct from the wounded man lying on the concrete i am ashamed in this excerpt, the poet alludes to seventeenth-century french philosopher descartes, who emphasized the power of an individual’s mind to create his own reality. by alluding to descartes, the poet questions how individuals relate to themselves. their family. nature. their community.

D) Their community.

Explanation: An allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. In the given excerpt from "The Legend" we can see how the speaker makes an allusion to seventeenth-century French philosopher Descartes, to emphasize his questioning about how individuals relate to their community (he doesn't relate to the man lying on the concrete).

he is. some of his decisions were very irresponsible and did lead to the death of both romeo and juliet, such as him marrying them too quick or him not clarifying romeo's plan with him.

basically he did not think things through well enough or at all.

hope this