C. the deaths of young soldiers who might have become skilled professionals had they survived
The answer is: through colorful description.
In the excerpt, instead of directly stating what was seen, the author chooses to describe it in a colorful manner so as to instigate the readers imagination. It's as if the reader is able to keep up with every thought the speaker had, the way the speaker's own brain interpreted what was seen. To make the image more vivid, the author narrates the action step by step, with aesthetic descriptions: billowy, coiled and wriggled for the movement; greyish and luminous for the color; disks like eyes, thickness of a snake for the image.
Answer: 4
Explanation: the context here is very confusing because I’m not sure if it’s in order it seems like passage 4 came before 2 so here’s why it’s true
When it says “it seemed like the little boy and girl must be left sleeping on the mountain forever” it implies that they are still asleep or late to meet together wherever they meet but it does not directly state that.
However in the next passage jack the rabbit awakened them
The answer is Penelope sent him away fearful that the suitors might kill him
