The three allusions Ralph Waldo Emerson makes are Francis Bacon, Irish dayworkers, Coeur-de Lions.
In the beginning of the "Society and Solitude" he talks about the capital and mentions how it is the want of animals spirits and in this excerpt appears all these three.
"The capital defect of cold, arid natures is the want of animal spirits. They seem a power incredible, as if God should raise the dead. The recluse witnesses what others perform by their aid, with a kind of fear. It is as much out of his possibility as the prowess of <em>Coeur-de-Lion</em>, or an <em>Irishman's day's-work</em> on the railroad. [...] As <em>Bacon</em> said of manners, “To obtain them, it only needs not to despise them,"
encouraging readers in the end to look at their world in a more quantitative way
Answer:
A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended.
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Explanation:
This question is missing the answer choices. I was able to find them online. They are as follows:
In the excerpt, the word "charm" is being compared with:
A. nobody
B. plain
C. laughter
D. name
Answer:
In the excerpt, the word "charm" is being compared with
D. name.
Explanation:
The excerpt we are analyzing here belongs to the epic poem "The Odyssey", by Greek poet Homer. Not much is known about Homer. It is believed that he was born between the 12th and the 18th centuries. His place of birth is also unknown.
In "The Odyssey", the epic hero Odysseus is trying to return home after fighting in the Trojan War. On his way, he and his ship crew end up in a land filled with one-eyed giants known as Cyclopes. In the passage, Odysseus has deceived a Cyclops by telling him his name was Nobody. Now that he has hurt the Cyclops, when others ask him who hurt him, all the monster can say is "Nobody hurt me."
<u>In the line "to see how like a charm the name deceived them," we have an example of simile. Simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things with the help of words such as "like" or "as". In this case, the two things being compared are "charm" and "name". The name worked like a charm to deceive the Cyclopes.</u>
