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<u>Explanation</u>:
1. <u>in the lamplight:</u>
this expression is used to create a mental picture of how the policemen's leather coats would have glistened when the lamplight was reflecting light rays on them.
2. <u>from a pyramid of tins:</u> the term "pyramid of tins" would have brought to mind a description of the size of the tins, just as how a natural pyramid looks magnificent.
The main idea should be found in the theme if im not mistakin
Civil wars are wars fought between different groups that live in the same country. So, the U.S. was fighting itself (basically North vs. South)
In one version of the myth, Pallas was the daughter of the sea-god Triton. She and Athena were childhood friends, but Athena accidentally killed her during a mock batlle at a athletics festival.
Absorbed over what she had done, Athena took the name "Pallas" for herself as a sign of her grief. For this, Pallas transformed herself in another entity, known as "<em>Pallas Athena</em>".
Answer:
When Hamlet refers to Ophelia as a nymph, this is an example of a
<em>"Allusion."</em>
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