Question

In the final speech of the play, the chorus says, “Now what a surging tide of terrible disaster sweeps around him.” Why does the author use the word surging?
It conveys a sense of gentleness and calm.

It conveys a sense of control and confinement.

It conveys a sense of power and uncontrollability.

It conveys a sense of stillness.

Answer 1

Well surge means move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward.  So i'd say it conveys a sense of control and confinement

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is "It conveys a sense of power and uncontrollability".

Explanation:

The play "Oedipus Rex" is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles at which the protagonist and his family have a tragic ending as they are exiled from everything they had. In the quote herein shown the word "surging" is used to describe a "tide of terrible disaster". The author uses the word "surging" to describe the tide as something powerful and uncontrollable. This is a metaphor to Oedipus tragedy, which he believed was his destiny to suffer.