<u>Answer:</u>
Hercules became famous yet his own girlfriend poisoned him.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The detail about how 'Herculus became famous yet his own girlfriend poisoned him', from Chaucer's "The Monk's Tale", best demonstrates that fortune is a blind prosperity that should not be trusted by anyone.
Herculus got fame and gained strength based on his popularity but he was betrayed by his own girlfriend who later poisoned him which gives a lesson that no one is trust worthy.
Answer:
A). Metaphors fail when they have been used so often that readers gain nothing new from them.
Explanation:
Metaphors are demonstrated as one of the most commonly employed literary devices that involve an implicit comparison between two distinct things sharing common characteristics. For example, she is the moon(girl and moon are completely distinct from each other but share the common characteristic of bringing light in the darkness).
As per the question, metaphor fails 'when they are employed so often that the readers gain nothing new from them.' Metaphors are primarily employed to offer <u>an implicit or symbolic comparison that not only helps the reader transform their understanding but also artistically provides them 'an intrinsic pleasure and transcend the boundaries of literal meaning.' But if they are used so frequently that readers stop gaining that pleasure, experience, and understanding metaphors fail</u>. Thus, <u>option A</u> is the correct answer.
Answer:
the setting is the forest at night. the forest is dangerous , the two characters get lost, they get immobilized and in the end probally killed. the theme is man's wish to rule over nature and possess nature. in the end it turns out that it is nature who rules and man is only a speck in it.
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