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He is a greek mythology demigod, who is the son of Zeus. He is said to have extraordinary strength. He was driven mad by Hera, the wife of Zeus who was angry that Zeus had cheated on her (which happened a lot). He killed his family. When he realized what he did, he went away in shame. Eventually, he had to do 12 tasks for a king to repay his dept. He died when his wife mistakenly put centaur blood in his coat thinking that it would make him love her. Hercules died because the centaur blood acted like acid.
Explanation:
This is very simplified. Hope it helped!
In the context of the story 'The Devil', people put the life of a dying person in someone else's hand.
Explanation:
'The Devil' is a short story about a farmer, Honore and his dying mother. In the story it so happens that the young farmer couldn't take care of his dying mother since he has to look after his wheat as well. So he hires Mother Rapet to take care of her mother.
She works on daily wages but the farmer insist on a set rate. When mother Rapet realized that his mother is taking too long to die, she took the matter in her own hand and does acts which leads to death of the farmer's mother.
From this story, readers get to know that these days how even death is negotiated. People according to their well being decides when someone's time has come.
So, it's interesting for the readers and it can cause the main conflict in the story. Good luck
