Read this excerpt from Herman Melville's "The Lightning-Rod Man," which contains a mythological allusion.

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The statements that best conveys the meaning of the allusion is: By referring to the lighting-rod man as Mr. Jupiter Tonans, a pagan god, the narrator is calling the salesman a pagan as well." (Option D)

<h3>What is an Allusion?</h3>

When a writer refers to something indirectly or in a way that certainly calls up an image to mind without directly describing such thought or idea, it is called an Allusion.

Because Jupiter is known as the god of sky and thunder, it is correct to stat e that the statements that best conveys the meaning of the allusion is: By referring to the lighting-rod man as Mr. Jupiter Tonans, a pagan god, the narrator is calling the salesman a pagan as well."

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which words in this excerpt from macbeth represent the idea that duncan’s murder is a disruption of order

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The words "breach in nature" represent the idea that Duncan's murder is a disruption of the order.

<h3>What do these words represent?</h3>

The words show that something that shouldn't have happened has happened.
The words show system violation done forcefully and negatively
The words show how something disharmonious is being established.

In "Macbeth" we find that Duncan was a good king, with few enemies and much admired, in addition to having good health. This shows that Duncan's death was not something that should have happened and if it did, it should be from natural causes and not precociously through murder.

This murder caused Duncan to lose his life at the wrong time, making the environment disharmonious and corrupted as a "breach in nature."

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