Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticized foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. They use fictional character to stand for real -people to help expose and condemn there corruption.
Creed, credo, dogma, belief, conviction, canon, principle, notion, idea, theory, thesis.
Odysseus tells Polyphemus that his name<span> was No Man, or </span>Nobody<span>, to trick the cyclops.
I'd say he did that so the cyclops will not be able to get help from his friends.
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I think the novel being discussed is The Custom-House by Hawthorne.
In the preface of the book, Hawthorne mentioned his ancestors. He has mixed feelings about them. He feels connected to them because of their blood connection but he dislikes their stern morality and rigidity as Puritans.
They are also relevant in the novel because Hawthorne drew inspiration from them by making their intolerance and lack of humanity the subject of the novel.
D. tangible : tactile is the best answer
