Question
3.To whom is the "mighty woman with a torch" offering a "world-wide welcome"?Cite specific evidence from the poem to support your answer.
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Maisie
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The "mighty woman with a torch" in the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus is offering a "world-wide welcome" to immigrants. The evidence to support this can be found in the lines:"Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"These lines convey the idea that the Statue of Liberty, represented as the "mighty woman with a torch," welcomes and embraces immigrants who are seeking refuge and a better life in the United States.