Myths often function as a connection to , or the customs and beliefs of a group of people.

What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

In the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeats the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. in the second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the phrase defiantly. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, dunbar could be implying that

Answer 3 and 5 for brainliest. i don’t have a link for #3 sadly.