Answer: The primary theme of the narrative revolves around the futility of evading death, with the clock symbolizing the certainty of death and representing the flow of time.
Explanation:
"The Masque of the Red Death" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, where a thousand individuals, including Prince Prospero, seclude themselves in an abbey to escape the lethal plague (Red Death).
In this narrative, The Seven Rooms in the abbey symbolize various life stages. In the Seventh Room, "against the western wall," stands "a gigantic ebony clock." The Ebony Clock serves as a symbol of death and its inevitability, while the pendulum represents the passage of time. When the hour strikes, the clock tolls, and all present know that an hour has passed – a reminder that their lives are diminishing and that death is drawing nearer. Just as they cannot halt the clock’s pendulum, so too are they unable to avoid death.
As they near Fort Mose's entrance, they view it as a pathway to liberation. "Copper Sun" is a work of historical fiction authored by Sharon M. Draper. It revolves around a young girl named Amari, who is taken captive by her tribe's neighbors, the Ashanti, and sold into slavery. Amari, a fifteen-year-old from the Ewe tribe, is joined by Polly, an indentured white girl taken to Derbyshire Plantation along with her, and Tidbit, the four-year-old son of Teenie, a kitchen slave. Together, they are sent to the auction by Doctor Hoskins, who eventually liberates them near the jungle and instructs them to head north towards Fort Mose. They undertake a grueling trek through the jungle for days without sustenance, finally reaching the Fort, which they perceive as their escape from oppression, slavery, and abuse.
The choice is B. The poet expresses sarcasm through the use of the word ridiculous.
I'm not here to complete your homework but I can offer some tips for crafting this narrative.
- Discuss something that had a significant effect on you.
- Incorporate strong adjectives and action verbs to captivate the reader.
- Keep it straightforward (KISS – an abbreviation my teacher introduced last year).
The term that is closest in meaning to fallible is imperfect.
