I would say the answer is C) metaphors point out common human failings. This is especially evident in 'Animal Farm', where animals represent various human flaws.
Answer:
C
Explanation:
he feels nervous about presentations
Lowell uses a simile in the second and third line: “The world beats dead / Like a slackened drum.”
A conflict between a character and himself or herself
Virgil
Shakespeare
Hesiod
Dante
Marlowe
from oldest to newest Hesiod, Virgil, Dante, Marlowe, and Shakespeare (Im not sure about Marlowe and Shakespeare, they came around the same time, but Marlowe died before Shakespeare)