These phrases convey the meaning.
E. "the hurt was past the power of medicine
F. "its flowers to the earth"
Explanation:
The two passages conveys the meaning of the phrase that is 'flitting life' which in these terms would mean a life that is going away from the hand swiftly and cannot be stopped from moving away thus swiftly.
The life that is being described here moves such as the person being described is dying a painful death that the god cannot do much about.
That Apollo must only see from the sidelines as the hero dies is one of the harsher truths of the life of person and how it can go.
The above said- statements holds true concerning today's life as well. Buddha said that death is common to all mortals. Those are born must die one day. Death is certain, can't be avoided.As ripe fruits fall of the trees, so is the life of mortals.Life of a man is like an earthen pots that breaks and meets its end. No amount of weeping and lamenting produce no gains.It rather spoils one's health and gives more pain.If only you take out the arrow of lamentation and get composed, you will get peace of mind.To overcome sorrow, become free of sorrow.But in today's world, man has forgotten this.He makes all kinds of efforts to provide himself with the comforts and earns money by all means whether wrong or right. He forgets that one day he has to die and everything will be left here here only.
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I think they would react by being sad momentarily but looking at this as a positive, knowing they need to study harder for the next exam, as well as going back over the exam taken to figure out what they got wrong and work to understand those concepts