I am going to assume that "after the Dark Ages" is underlined. If so, the correct answer is C. It cannot be any of the "clauses" since it isn't a clause - there is no verb present, so it must be a phrase. It is not an "adjective", since there is no noun which it modifies, but a verb "flourished". Therefore the correct answer has to be C, that is the only available option here.
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people - women as well as men. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government - the ballot.
You always find love when you’re not looking for it. It may not be exactly what you were looking for, but it turned out to be something you didn’t know you needed anyways.
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The Scorpion
An old woman lives in a hollowed out cave that her sons had prepared for her before they left to live in the town. She is content there and doesn’t talk to anyone who passes by. The cave is also home to many scorpions.
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i dont know how to make an allegoric short story but i hope it helps. Thats just an example.