Allusion. Shakespeare references prominent characters in Roman mythology.
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Explanation:
Baldwin talks of a "disease" which afflicts black Americans and can wreck race relations and creating a "rage in the blood" so he is using the "disease" as a metaphor for probably the rage that black Americans have for experiencing the inequalities of life in the US especially in the 1960's when the civil rights movement was so strong and segregation was so strongly practiced in the South still.
Answer:
Based on this excerpt, and with no options, we can infer that Oliver's neighbors are <em>loving and caring people.</em>
Explanation:
According to these lines, Oliver's neighbors took care of him and laughed at his loud and crazy sprees that occurred him every two months. They "<em>picked him foul and witless from the cobbles, and brought him home</em>", this means they were tender to him and loved him. They treated him kindly and respected his ways.
It seems to me that both A and C are true.
B is false. You really can't assume that your audience knows what text you are writing about.
