The first thing to do is to understand what historical fiction is to then figure out if Ivanhoe, written by Sir Walter Scott in 1820, is indeed a work that belongs to this genre.
Historical fiction, by definition, is a genre that seeks to portray true historical events within a story or literary work that is not necessarily real. For example, many authors seek to create a story and choose a specific timeframe, event or timeline that fits within a certain historical moment. Although the story may not be real, its characters, settings or even events may be invented, some portions of the story, whether in the plot, the characters, or the environment in which the story takes place, may be from real-life historical events or people.
In the case of Ivanhoe, this particular literary work fits into the classification of historical novel and this can be seen because in portions of the text, you find allusions and direct mention of facts, names and events that are historically real. In this particular excerpt, you can see this in lines 4 to 8, where the author talks about the Saxons and their impact on the English way of life at the time mentioned in the story.
Explanation:
After experiencing starvation, Jonas asks why these horrible memories need to be preserved, and the Giver explains that they bring wisdom: once, for example, the community wanted to increase the number of children allowed to each family, but the Giver remembered the hunger that overpopulation brings and advised against ...
Answer:
In me you can see the dim light that remains
after the sun sets in the west
which is then replaced by the black night
the twin of death, which closes up everyone in eternal rest
Explanation:
The second quatrain of sonnet 73 compares aging and death to the fading of daytime into night.
Answer:
C. Laughter is the best medicine.
Explanation:
It sounds like a theme, the rest of the choices just sound like statements. You can wrap a story around the theme for C, but the other choices seem like pieces of a story.
Hope this helps, good luck! ;)
