The answer to this question is B
B. He wants to make social connections to help advance his career.
Hamartia of Oedipus is not overcome and the hubris he commits calls his downfall.
Explanation:
The Hamartia, or the fatal flaw is the one flaw of a good protagonist in a tragedy that brings them down and makes their downfall possible.
This characteristic of Hamartia with Oedipus is his will to control. He believes he can control his fate when he really has no way to do so and falls victim to his own machinations.
The Hubris of a character is when the overstep their limits and challenge the will of Gods. In a bid to change his fate Oedipus does just that and in that way he makes the fate only possible.
D. gerund phrase as a direct object
Gerund is one of three kinds of verbals. Like all verbals, gerunds are nouns derived from verbs. Gerunds end in -ing. In the sentence, "leading" is the gerund. This gerund phrase is used as the direct object.
Answer:
"Most bewildering," "small white bulb"
Explanation:
I found the answer by using answer elimination. For "most bewildering," we can see that Muir is questioning the flower and looking at it carefully. This is a step of the scientific method, asking questions and making observations.
As for "bed of yellow mosses," I found this to be written in a more poetic way. This is a metaphor, saying the moss is a 'bed of moss.' There is definitely nothing scientific about that observation.
"Small white bulb" is descriptive. There is nothing fancy or exciting about that phrase, it is simply describing it the way it is, much as a scientist would. It sounds to me like a passage from a book on botany.
When I read "utmost simple purity," I found this as a somewhat religious observation. If not, it would surely be a poetic attempt, to romanticize the flower.
"Cried for joy" would not be a scientific observation. Never have I heard a researcher state that they cried for joy upon realizing that the effects of too much caffeine cause hallucinations. This would be a distraction from the study and has no place except in a seperate interview.
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