There is no dramatic irony in the pit and the pendulum but there is situational irony.
Where would you be most likely to find the word reign?
- <em>in a historical article about Queen Victoria</em>
<u>T</u><u>h</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>m</u><u>e</u><u>a</u><u>n</u><u>i</u><u>n</u><u>g</u><u> </u><u>o</u><u>f</u><u> </u><u>w</u><u>o</u><u>r</u><u>d</u><u> </u><u>r</u><u>e</u><u>i</u><u>g</u><u>n</u><u> </u><u>i</u><u>s</u><u> </u><u>"</u><u>The period during which a monarch rules.</u><u>"</u><u> </u><u>S</u><u>o</u><u>,</u><u> </u><u>t</u><u>h</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>a</u><u>r</u><u>t</u><u>i</u><u>c</u><u>l</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>a</u><u>b</u><u>o</u><u>u</u><u>t</u><u> </u><u>q</u><u>u</u><u>e</u><u>e</u><u>n</u><u> </u><u>v</u><u>i</u><u>c</u><u>t</u><u>o</u><u>r</u><u>i</u><u>a</u><u> </u><u>w</u><u>i</u><u>l</u><u>l</u><u> </u><u>b</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>a</u><u>b</u><u>o</u><u>u</u><u>t</u><u> </u><u>t</u><u>h</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>m</u><u>o</u><u>n</u><u>a</u><u>r</u><u>c</u><u>h</u><u> </u><u>r</u><u>u</u><u>l</u><u>e</u><u>.</u><u> </u><u>T</u><u>h</u><u>e</u><u>r</u><u>e</u><u>f</u><u>o</u><u>r</u><u>e</u><u>,</u><u> </u><u>i</u><u>t</u><u>s</u><u> </u><u>t</u><u>h</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>m</u><u>o</u><u>s</u><u>t</u><u> </u><u>s</u><u>u</u><u>t</u><u>i</u><u>a</u><u>b</u><u>l</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>o</u><u>p</u><u>t</u><u>i</u><u>o</u><u>n</u><u>.</u><u>.</u><u>.</u><u>~</u>
I believe the answer is
B. This pamphlet calmly disputed the claims that had been made in favor of slavery and provided ordinary citizens and abolitionists with arguments explaining why slavery was wrong.
Answer:
He is writing to white Christians with the power to stop the slave trade
Explanation:
Olaudah Equiano was a notable Nigerian sold into slavery and taken to the Caribbean and then to London.
In his memoirs, he recounts how he wrote to white Christians who had the power to stop the slave trade but could not stop it because so many people were benefitting from the trade.
The treatment of slaves were inhuman and debasing as they were whipped deprived of food made to move about naked, and a lot of other injustice.
Hence, his letter was directed to white Christians who could stop the slave trade.