Which interpretation of the poem "dover beach," by matthew arnold, describes the effect of an allusion on the poem's meaning? a. arnold refers to how the sound of the sea reminded sophocles of "human misery," which suggests that the bleakness of the world has been obvious since the beginning of civilization. b. in arnold's poem, the back-and-forth of the sea has an "eternal note of sadness," as though nature is at war with itself and civilization offers the only true chance of happiness in the world. c. arnold compares the shore to "folds of a bright girdle furi'd," conveying the idea that the sad and violent state of nature was better at some point in the past d. the speaker of the poem mentions the biblical story of david and goliath, in which an ordinary boy, david, brings down a giant with nothing but a sling and his faith. apex

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

answer: common sense was the pamphlet that thomas paine used to convince reluctant americans to abandon the goal of reconciling with britain and to accept that independence was the only option to preserve their liberty.

b) ab

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