Need help asap!! timed quiz... In the reading, Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., what is most likely the reason for the speaker reciting the poem by Aeschylus?

Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget

falls drop by drop upon the heart,

until, in our own despair,

against our will,

comes wisdom

through the awful grace of God.

a)

The speaker wants to impress his audience with the fact that he’s educated.

b)

The speaker wants to force religion onto his audience.

c)

The speaker wants to emphasize understanding, in spite of feelings of hopelessness.

d)

The speaker is at a loss for his own words.

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