I think the answer is A, to serve in religious and political rituals.
Although Emily Dickinson (not Dickerson) has written under the influence of Romanticism, which was the era in which she was born, no, she is not a Romantic writer. Emily Dickinson is in fact a Renaissance writer, which happened in America from about 1830 to around the Civil War.
The style of<span> painting, sculpture and decorative </span>arts<span> identified with the </span>Renaissance <span>emerged </span>in<span> Italy </span>in<span> the late 14th century; it reached its zenith </span>in<span> the late 15th and early 16th centuries, </span>in<span> the work </span>of<span> Italian masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael.</span>
Answer: D. increased in importance, sometimes providing special effects and overshadowing the voices.
Explanation: In nineteenth-century opera, the orchestra <u><em>increased in importance, sometimes providing special effects and overshadowing the voices</em></u>. An opera is a form of art in which the musicians and the singers combine music and text. It is usually performed in opera houses accompanied by an orchestra. The Romantic period was dominating the arts and the opera. There was a burst of interest for historic themes, supernatural beings, and nationalism, and these theme were displayed in operas.
