"to describe what a historical event felt like to a participant" best states one of the author’s purposes for including this information in the text.
I seem to remember that in Macbeth, the first witch says, " Lesser than Macbeth, and greater." While the second witch says, " Not so happy, yet so much happier."
This site should give you more info: https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/m/macbeth/summary-and-analysis/act-i-scene-3<span>
Hope this helps</span>
<span>A.
"and its wings were black as coal.</span>
<span>Eliza associate her happiest memories of Sonoma with the three large Spanish houses and their inhabitants because
* The families who lived in those three houses were largely responsible for funding the Relief efforts that eventually saved the Donner Party.
* The people were always kind to Eliza.
This is a portion of the book where Eliza states the following:
</span>"some of my sweetest memories of Sonoma are associated with these
three Spanish homes. Their people never asked unfeeling questions, nor
repeated harrowing tales; and I did not learn until I was grown that
they had been among the large contributors to the fund for the relief
<span>of our party."
</span>
Aside from being kind to Eliza and being the largest contributors to the relief fund, the people in the three Spanish homes never asked probing and prying questions nor do they repeat rumors.
