The first playwright to use the plot of a man searching for the culprit of a terrible crime, only to discover he is searching for himself was Sophocles and the play was Oedipus. He does not know that the man he was trying to hunt, a man who had killed his father and married his own mother, was himself. He had been set aside from his parents at a very early age, so he knew none of them. That is why he could not have known that the man he had killed was his father and that the woman he married to was his mother.
Answer:
In the first excerpt, the purpose is to justify, and in the second is to to inform.
Explanation:
The declaration of independence is structured starting with a feeling from the country: "In every stage of these Oppressions", and the constitution's preamble starts stating who were the authors: "We the People of the United States"
Then, the declaration states who the authors are: "the Representatives of the united States of America" while the preamble shows the reasons of the coming constitution
Finally, the declaration states its main purpose and the preamble also declares the purpose of the constitution.
The tone in the declaration is dramatic, and in the preamble it is a lot more sober.
They: evoke an emotional response, appeal to the readers' sense of logic, and also help the reader avoid seeming biased to readers. Rhetorical appeals use pathos, logos, and ethos to persuade the reader.
The answer is A obviously
