Question

Read the following passage and answer the question. "I hail from Crete's broad land, I'm proud to say, and I am a rich man's son. And many other sons he brought up in this palace, born in wedlock, sprung of his awful wife. Unlike my mother. She was a slave, a concubine he'd purchased, yes, but he treated me on par with all his true-born sons- Caster, Hylaxs's son..." this is an example of which epic convention?
A) lengthy speech.
B) digression.
C) epic simile.
D) divine intervention.

Answer 1

Its B. Digression (that was the right answer on the quiz). Don't follow the other comment cuz its wrong, trust me.

Answer 2

A
A because there are things that are not needed