Answer:
it simply means like something that requires discovery, identification, or clarification:
Well, the first reason is that back then, in Dante's time, "comedy" didn't really mean funny. In this case, it meant that even though the whole story/poem is full of despair and torture and torment, it actually ends with a happy ending. Back in Dante's era, this meant that instead of being a tragedy, this epic poem was considered a comedy.
Consider Shakespeare's work Romeo and Juliet. It ends with the two young lovers dying, right? That is a tragedy. There is no happiness there. But at the end of Inferno, Dante the Pilgrim actually succeeds in his goals. <span />
Answer:
D. useless toil
Explanation:
Toil means to work hard and long; exhausting physical labor. Useless toil is present in both the myth and the modern story because in the myth, the deceitful king works so hard to roll the boulder up to the top of the hill only for it to roll back down again. In the modern story, the fisherman works so hard to reel in an enormous fish, only for sharks to eat it before he can get it to shore. In both cases, they are working hard for no personal gain.
So, the answer would be D.
Hope that helps.
Context.
Dictionary definition: <span>the parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning.
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</span>the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed
Spiritual resistance during the Holocaust refers to attempts by individuals to maintain their humanity, personal integrity, dignity, and sense of civilization in the face of Nazi attempts to dehumanize and degrade them.
