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Monarchy, governor, democracy, reigning
Technology can be an indicator of when a story is set. Using knowledge on human technological advances can allow the viewer/reader to pick up “clues” from the visuals. This is a way to find out the time period of a cinematic piece.
B. Morning "And both that morning equally lay/ in leaves no step had trodden black"
I think it is Serious. He needs to be serious about getting his School to accept uniforms or reject them. If he was humorous the School wouldn't take him seriously, if he was demanding the school would probably not want to be ordered to do something by one of their students. And if he was pleading it may work but over all him being serious about the topic would lead him to success.
