"a. After the rain ended, the sky became blue" would contain an independent clause and a dependent clause, which makes it a complex sentence, since the latter half wouldn't be the same without the former half.
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While slavery was the major issue separating the North and South, it was not slavery itself that sparked the conflict. The South wanted to secede from the Union, and the North refused. While President Abraham Lincoln personally opposed slavery, he recognized that it was legal under the U.S. Constitution at the time. He also recognized that few in the North were ready to go to war to free the slaves. For Lincoln and the northern majority, preservation of the Union was the foremost goal.
Situational irony results when things happen in precisely the way we didn't expect them to.
The issue of Phillip's vision causes some situational irony: the only time he literally sees Timothy clearly is when he fails to "see" him as the kind man he is instead of an untrustworthy black man, which he isn't. And then Phillip goes literally blind and only then learns to "see" Timothy correctly.
Elpenor. In Greek mythology, Elpenor (/ɛlˈpiːnər/; Ancient Greek: Ἐλπήνωρ, gen.: Ἐλπήνορος), also spelled Elpinor /ɛlˈpaɪnər/, was the youngest comrade of Odysseus. While on the island of Circe, he became drunk and decided to spend the night on the roof.
