"Chaotic emotions of adolescence" to me it sounds as though it motivates Lizabeth because she acts like a child- it's almost an excuse, it seems.
I moved to the United States when I was young, so it was easy to learn English. My parents were already here, and they knew English already.
Tantalus, Tityos, and Sisyphus are in Tartarus. It was a place for punishing those who have sinned gravely, and those three certainly were sinners in the eyes of Greek Gods.