<span>Dionysius’s desire for total control and power affect the story’s plot in “Damon and Pythias” when </span><span>Dionysius character was hot - tempered and imperious and anyone who angered him was put to death. In this situation, people in Syracuse were afraid to make a statement about him because they will be put to death. And so when a day came that he was informed that a young man named Pythias had been heard complaining against the cruelty of Dionysius, he condemned the youth to die.</span>
The desire for total control and power that Dionysius has is what gives rise to the plot. Because of this desire, Dionysius is a tyrant who often abuses his power. Moreover, he does not let anyone criticize him and he is hot-tempered and imperious. This attitude is what leads him to condemn Pythias to death for complaining against him. It is also what leads Damon to be willing to give his life for his friend.
<em>Courage is defined as "the quality of mind or spirit enabling one to meet danger or opposition with fearlessness." According to Atticus Finch, one of the main characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, "Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.</em>
According to the dictionary, clanging refers to a mode of speech characterized by association of words based upon sound rather than concepts; and glaring to something that is shining intensely and blindingly.
So we can say that "The connotations of clanging and glaring suggest that the city is <u>in a chaos.</u>
