Select the correct answer. which literary device is employed in the following sentence from herman melville's short story "bartleby, the scrivener"? and here bartleby makes his home, sole spectator of a solitude which he has seen all populous-a sort of innocent and transformed mariusbrooding among the ruins of carthage! o a. allegoryironyallusionod. symbolismresetnextall rights reserved. te

What is your question?

1

High SchoolHistory 5 points

Which literary device is employed in the following sentence from Herman Melville’s short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener"?

And here Bartleby makes his home, sole spectator of a solitude which he has seen all populous—a sort of innocent and transformed Marius brooding among the ruins of Carthage!

A.) allegory

B.) irony

C.) allusion

D.) symbolism

Ask for details Follow Report by DogliobjjBoniimmaz 08/14/2016

Answer

Verified by Expert

Answered by

andriansp

+15

bezglasnaaz and 15 more users found this answer helpful

I believe the answer is: C. Allusion

Allusion refers to a literary device that is used to make indirect reference without actually mentioning it explicitly.

The reference that made through Allusion usually could only be understood by the readers if we read the previous part of the writing in order to get the context.

yah idk ether buddy good luck finding it let me know when u do find it my boi

although there are different versions for the fairy tale little red riding hood,   as the one from grimm brothers and perrault, all of the versions show the huntsman as a man who is in perfect harmony with nature. the statement that best describe him, the huntsman, is that he is a true hero who inspires those around him due to his words and actions. the way he acts show internal reflections that are an example to follow by anybody who takes the time to analysing them. he shows altruism actions when he aside puts his job just to check the grandmother is well, by doing this he could notice at an early stage what has happened and could save her.