Answer:
Baldwin uses the word "spoils" to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in ruining the day of his father's funeral.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from Notes from a Native Son, the narrator describes driving to the graveyard for his father's funeral and how the "spoils" of injustice, hatred and anarchy were all around them.
The best explanation for Baldwin choosing to describe the results of the race riot in Harlem with the word "spoils" is to imply that racial injustice ruined the day of his father's funeral.
Fatigue. It means being tired :)
The purpose for including the affair was to have character development in the story. Abigail was willing to do anything, including the attempt to try and kill Goody Proctor in order to obtain John. This also made the foundation of Abigail, Goody Proctor, and John and how they were all significant in story development. If the writer had left of the detail of the affair, we wouldn't know why Abigail was trying to get rid of Elizabeth unless we made blind assumptions.
I went to poetryfoundation.org and read the texts.
A isn't correct because the rhyme scheme is AAAC.
B isn't correct because the rhyme scheme is ABABCC.
C isn't correct because the rhyme scheme is ABAC or ABAC in some cases.
D is correct because the rhyme scheme is AA BB CC DD...
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