Read the excerpt from ="_blank"> the odyssey. this was an army, trained to fight on horseback or, where the ground required, on foot. they came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring. so doom appeared to us, dark word of zeus for us, our evil days. my men stood up and made a fight of it— backed on the ships, with lances kept in play, from bright morning through the blaze of noon so holding our beach, although so far outnumbered; but when the sun passed toward unyoking time, then the achaeans, one by one, gave way. which stage of the hero’s journey is represented in this passage?       the return home      the road of trials      the transformation      the call to adventure

The correct answer is B) The Road of Trials.

In the Hero's Journey, the Road of Trials is the stage which the hero leaves home to go on a path that leads to many adventures. Along the way they may gather information, fight battles, and gain allies or party members. The road itself will grow increasingly more difficult as the story progresses.

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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