"the elephant man: " what is most likely the author's intent in having ross repeat
the phrase "tuppence only, step in and see" in the passage below?
"ross: tuppence only, step in and see: this side of the grave, john merrick has no
hope nor expectation of relief. in every sense his situation is desperate. his physical
agony is exceeded only by his mental anguish, a despised creature without
consolation. tuppence only, step in and see! to live with his physical hideousness,
incapacitating deformities and unremitting pain is trial enough, but to be exposed to
the cruelly lacerating expressions of horror and disgust by all who behold him-is
even more difficult to bear. tuppence only, step in and see! "
a) to add humor to an otherwise serious subject
b) to build mystery and anticipation for merrick's introduction
c) to introduce the character of treves
d) to establish that ross is not trustworthy

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

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samuel gompers was an extremely important person in the american labor movement, being him an employee all his life he devoted himself to fight for the rights of his pairs, he believed they all had the right to have better thing and that they all were working for them but the factory workers were greedy, ambitions and socialist people for him who he didn't have a good concept of.

he gave so many speeches and led so many strikes and protest to fight for equality which he considered employers didn't want to accept, so he had an absolutely negative opinion of them.

answer: from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people

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