<span>A. It gives an example of how modern and Elizabethan perspectives differ.
By using specific details that any modern reader would be able to visualize, even if they don't have experience with those types of things, the reader would get a better understanding of how their lives differ from those in Elizabethan England. </span>
This is a fragmant of President Lincoln´s speech of March 4th, 1865, during his second inaugural address, in which he refers to the Civil War. Due to the tone of the message, is evident that President Lincoln wants to send a general message of reconciliation and peace. This is evidnet in the cited lines, in which he is trying to explain that after all, the outcome of the war couldn´t really be anticipated by any of the parties, particularly in the lenght and magnitude of the war.
Its C Their because their is the only option refering correctly to the sentence. Read the sentence out loud with option C and you will "C" that it is correct lol