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Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

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The excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” King uses this allusion to emphasize the morality of his cause.

In terms of historical significance, Dr. King uses this allusion, to cast his struggle. He draws the comparison with the events that people are more familiar with. Through his arguments, he states that whatever he does in monumental and to be written in history books for the generations to come.

Through the allusion of Apostle Paul, the sacred oath he took reminds his reader the similarity of the oath that they all have taken and that at the time of exclusion he calls forth the devotion to truth and justice.

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“Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written by Dr. Martin Luther King in the year 1963. Based on the excerpt above King has used this kind of allusion for the purpose of emphasizing the morality of his cause or purpose. The answer for this is the second option.

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