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Identify the literary device in the following passage:
Wherefore Christian was left to tumble in the Slough of Despond alone: but still he endeavoured to struggle to that side of the slough that was still further from his own house, and next to the wicket-gate; the which he did, but could not get out, because of the burden that was upon his back: but I beheld in my dream, that a man came to him, whose name was Help, and asked him, What he did there?
CHR: Sir, said Christian, I was bid go this way by a man called Evangelist, who directed me also to yonder gate, that I might escape the wrath to come; and as I was going thither I fell in here.
HELP: But why did not you look for the steps?
CHR: Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way, and fell in.
HELP: Then said he, Give me thy hand: so he gave him his hand, and he drew him out, and set him upon sound ground, and bid him go on his way. [Ps. 40:2]
Identify the literary device in the following passage:
Wherefore Christian was left to tumble in the Slough of Despond alone: but still he endeavoured to struggle to that side of the slough that was still further from his own house, and next to the wicket-gate; the which he did, but could not get out, because of the burden that was upon his back: but I beheld in my dream, that a man came to him, whose name was Help, and asked him, What he did there?
CHR: Sir, said Christian, I was bid go this way by a man called Evangelist, who directed me also to yonder gate, that I might escape the wrath to come; and as I was going thither I fell in here.
CHR: Sir, said Christian, I was bid go this way by a man called Evangelist, who directed me also to yonder gate, that I might escape the wrath to come; and as I was going thither I fell in here.
HELP: But why did not you look for the steps?
CHR: Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way, and fell in.
HELP: Then said he, Give me thy hand: so he gave him his hand, and he drew him out, and set him upon sound ground, and bid him go on his way. [Ps. 40:2]
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The correct option is B Allegory
The passage here is not ironic or satiric. It is also not a metaphor. Allegory refers to a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. The given passage has a moral or religious meaning- it belongs to Psalm 40 1-2. So, the correct answer is option D.
The passage here is not ironic or satiric. It is also not a metaphor. Allegory refers to a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. The given passage has a moral or religious meaning- it belongs to Psalm 40 1-2. So, the correct answer is option D.
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